Module Code - Title:
LI8021
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APPLIED SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND CORPUS ASSISTED DISCOURSE STUDIES
Year Last Offered:
2016/7
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The module is designed to build on existing knowledge of the interrelationships between language and society and to develop awareness of how such issues can be contextualised and investigated. Particular emphasis is placed on the relevance of sociolinguistic and pragmatics issues for professional language educators.
Syllabus:
The module comprises four distinct but also interrelated themes, each of which will be dealt with in sequential blocks over the twelve week module: 1. Nature of sociolinguistics: In this first part, students will be introduced to basic concepts in sociolinguistics, including: variation and variables; users and use; and speech communities. 2. Language and power in society. In this second part, the issues of authority in language and of language ideologies and they role they play in language choice and language attitudes will be the focus. 3. Pragmatics and intercultural pragmatics. In the third section, students will focus on pragmatics, i.e. language in use, with a particular emphasis on language professionals' awareness of language in use. 4. Language policy and language planning: The final section of the module will focus on the issue of language policy and language planning, particularly in relation to the role of English internationally.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
Demonstrate understanding of the interrelationships between language and society and a knowledge of the main issues in the field of sociolinguistics
Apply such understanding to the specific sociolinguistic context of their professional lives
Use skills which enable them to analyse sociolinguistic and pragmatic issues
Synthesize complex theories and apply them to understanding real data.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
Demonstrate a heightened sensitivity to sociolinguistic issues in pedagogical and other domains.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
On successful completion of this module students will have experience of:
the appropriate use of corpus-analysis software programmes such as Wordsmith Tools (Scott, 2008) and on-line analysis tools and resources.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
On successful completion of this module students will have experience of:
use skills which enable them to analyse sociolinguistic and pragmatic issues
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Hult, F. M. and King, K. A. (eds.) (2011)
Educational Linguistics in Practice: Applying the Local Globally and the Global Locally.
, Clevedon UK: Multilingual Matters.
Locastro, V. (2011)
Pragmatics for Language Educators: A Sociolinguistic Perspective.
, London and New York: Routledge
Bourdieu, P. (1991)
Language & Symbolic Power.
, Cambridge: Polity Press.
O'Keeffe, A. and McCarthy, M. (2010)
The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics
, . London and New York: Routledge.
Other Relevant Texts:
Bambi B. Schieffelin, Kathryn A. Woolard and Paul V. Kroskrity (eds) (1998)
Language Ideologies: Practice and Theory.
, New York: OUP.
Mesthrie, R. Swann, J. Deumert, A. and Leap L W. (2009)
Introducing Sociolinguistics
, Edinburgh University Press.
Shohamy, E. (2006)
Language Policy.
, London and New York: Routledge.
McEnery, A. M. and Hardie, Andrew (2011)
Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice.
, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester - Year to be First Offered:
Module Leader:
mairead.moriarty@ul.ie