Postgraduate Course: Language and Identity in Bilingual Settings (LASC11008)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is an advanced study of bilingualism as a sociolinguistic phenomenon. It focuses on macro-societal patterns of language use in bilingual communities as well as on micro-interactional language choices. It examines aspects of language shift and maintenance. And it foregrounds the importance of the notion of 'linguistic human rights' in relation to language policy and planning. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- describe patterns of bilingual language acquisition
- describe patterns of language use in bilingual communities both synchroncally and diachronically
- describe and analyse bilingual interactional data
- demonstrate understanding of language choice acts as acts of identity
- discuss the practical implications of the above for significant areas of social life such as social policy
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Reading List
Wei, Li (2000) (ed.) The Bilingualism Reader. London: Routledge (available online)
Myers-Scotton, C. (2006) Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism. Oxford: Blackwell.
Auer, P. and Wei, Li (2007) (eds.) Handbook of Multilingualism and Multilingual Communication. Berlin: Mouton de gruyter.
Gafaranga, J. (2007) Talk in Two Languages. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Mcmillan |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Joseph Gafaranga
Tel: (0131 6)50 3496
Email: josephg@ling.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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