Language and Society in the Middle East (P00346)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00346

The aim of this course is to examine the relationship between language and society and between language and power. Using examples from the Middle East, the course analyses language as an instrument of control, persuasion, and coercive power, as well as a form of social and political action. The course also explores how states represent themselves through discourses that serve to transform existing realities, for example through naming and unnaming people, streets, and monuments.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : Course booklet - £4

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

In addition to becoming familiar with the growing body of material on language usage and its social and political contexts, student presentations will encourage development of organisational, analytical and presentational skills.