AJ22086 Sociolinguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ludmila Urbanová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 G22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will deal with social aspects of communication, mainly with social factors and social dimensions in different types of discourse, focussing on the changing social and discursive practices. Authentic conversation, newspaper reporting and advetising will be analysed and compared with regard to social and discursive practices current in contemporary language use.
Syllabus
  • The course will deal with social aspects of communication, mainly with social factors and social dimensions in different types of discourse, focussing on the changing social and discursive practices. Authentic conversation, newspaper reporting and advetising will be analysed and compared with regard to social and discursive practices current in contemporary language use.
Literature
  • HOLMES, Janet. An introduction to sociolinguistics. London: Longman, 1992, xi, 412. ISBN 0582060621. info
  • DOWNES, William. Language and society. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, ix, 503. ISBN 0521456630. info
  • Faiclough, N.: Discourse and Social Change. Polity Press 1992
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
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