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Sociolinguistics-ENG510 VU
Sociolinguistics
(ENG510)
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Table of Contents
Lesson No. Lesson Title Topics Pg. No.
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS
What is Sociolinguistics? 001 8-9
Lesson No. 1 Some Definitions of Sociolinguistics 002 9
Sociolinguistics and Linguistics 003 9-10
Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language 004 10
Sociolinguistics and Other Disciplines 005 10-11
SOCIOLINGUISTIC PHENOMENA
Sociolinguistic Phenomena and an Imaginary World 006 12-13
Lesson No. 2 Sociolinguistic Phenomena and a Real but Exotic World 007 13-14
Sociolinguistic Phenomena and a Real and Familiar World 008 15
Sociolinguistic Phenomena and We 009 15-16
Sociolinguistic Phenomena and the Changing World 010 16
SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND VARIETIES OF LANGUAGE
The Question of Varieties of Language in Sociolinguistics 011 17-18
Lesson No. 3 What Are Linguistics Items? 012 18
The Terms- Variety and Lect 013 18
Types and Significance of Varieties of Language 014 19
Attitude towards Language Varieties 015 19
SPEECH COMMUNITIES
What Are Speech Communities? 016 20
Lesson No. 4 Some Definitions of Speech Communities 017 21
Intersecting Communities 018 21-22
Rejecting the Idea of Speech Communities 019 23
Networks and Repertoires 020 23-24
LANGUAGE CONTACT AND VARIATION- I
Sociolinguistic Constraints on language Contact 021 25
Lesson No. 5 Wave Model of Language Contact and Change 022 26
Spatial Diffusion by Gravity 023 27
Access to the Codes 024 27-28
Rigidity of the Social Matrix 025 29-30
LANGUAGE CONTACT AND VARIATION- II
Variables and Variants 026 31
Lesson No. 6 Types of Variables and Variants 027 31-32
Synchronic Variation 028 33
Diachronic Variation 029 33-34
Possibility of Predicting Language Change and Variation 030 34-35
Lesson No. 7 SOME CONCEPTS RELATED TO LANGUAGE VARIETIES
Difference Between a Language and a Dialect 031 36
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Some Examples of Dialects 032 36-37
Standard Languages 033 38-39
The Delimitation of Languages 034 39
The Family Tree Model 035 39-40
LANGUAGE AND DIALECTS – I
Regional Dialects 036 41
Lesson No. 8 Social Dialects 037 41-42
Idiolects 038 42
Dialects and Identity 039 42-43
Study of Dialects in Sociolinguistics 040 43-44
LANGUAGE AND DIALECTS – II
Language and Dialect in Papua New Guinea 041 45-46
Lesson No. 9 Language and Dialect in Europe 042 46
Language and Dialects in Africa 043 46-47
Language and Dialects in Pakistan 044 47-48
Language in Society 045 48-49
SOME THEORETICAL WORK IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Regional Dialectology 046 50
Lesson No. 10 The Work of Labov 047 50-51
Martha’s Vineyard 048 51-53
Developments in the Study of Language Variation 049 53-54
Further Insights into the Study of Language Variation 050 54
REGISTER AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS-I
What is a Register? 051 55
Lesson No. 11 Some Examples of Register 052 56
How a Register is Different from a Dialect 053 56-57
What is Jargon? 054 57-58
Difference in a Register and Jargon 055 58-59
REGISTER AND SOCIOLINGUSTICS-II
What is Accent? 056 60
Lesson No. 12 Accents vs. Dialect 057 60-62
What is Style? 058 62-63
Register vs. Style 059 63-64
Speech communities and communicative competence 060 64-65
SOCIOLINGUISTIC CODES AND BILINGUALISM
The Term-Code 061 66
Lesson No. 13 Bilingualism 062 66-67
Bilinguality vs. Bilingualism 063 67
Bi/Multilingualism and Sociolinguistics 064 67-68
Measuring Bilingualism 065 68-69
Lesson No. 14 SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND USE OF CODES
Code Switching and Sociolinguistics 066 70-71
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Code Mixing and Sociolinguistics 067 71-72
Tag Switching 068 72
Why Code Switching and Mixing? 069 72-73
Hybridization 070 73-74
SOCIAL CORRELATES AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Social Class as a Social Correlate 071 75-76
Lesson No. 15 Gender as a Social Correlate 072 76-77
Age as a Social Correlate 073 77-78
Ethnic Varieties as Social Correlates 074 79-80
Speech Communities, Social Networks and Communities of Practice 075 80-84
SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Language and Identity 076 85
Lesson No. 16 Dialects and identity 077 85-86
Language, Style Variation and Socio-Psychological Factors 078 86-87
Politeness and Sociolinguistics 079 87
Power in Sociolinguistics 080 88
SOCIO-POLITICAL FACTORS AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Language and Ideology 081 89
Lesson No. 17 The Ideology of Standard Language 082 89-90
Multilingual Societies and Status of Languages 083 90
Language and Education 084 91
Language Policy and Planning 085 92-94
LANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGY: EXAMPLES FROM THE WORLD
The History of Galim 086 95
Lesson No. 18 Language in North and South Korea 087 96-97
Language in Great Britain 088 97
Language in the USA 089 97-98
Language in Canada 090 98
TERMS RELATED TO LANGUAGE CHANGE – I
Language Change and Maintenance 091 99-100
Lesson No. 19 Language Shift 092 100-102
Language Desertion 093 102
Language Death 094 103-104
Language Accommodation 095 104-105
TERMS RELATED TO LANGUAGE CHANGE– II
Pidgin 096 106-107
Lesson No. 20 Creole 097 107-109
Origins and Structures of Pidgins and Creoles 098 109-110
The Creole Continuum 099 110-111
Pidgins and Creoles in Social Context 100 112
Lesson No. 21 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE
Ethnography of Communication 101 113-114
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