Undergraduate Course: The Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism (LASC10078)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | It is relatively uncontroversial that there are more bilingual / multilingual speakers than there are monolingual speakers in the world. Likewise, there are more bilingual /multilingual communities than there are monolingual ones. Extrapolating from this, we may safely assume that more conversations are conducted in two or more languages than they are in one language. This course examines issues in bilingualism/multilingualism as a sociolinguistic and interactional phenomena. The course covers topics such as the functional distribution of languages in bilingual/multilingual communities, language choice in bilingual/multilingual conversation, bilingualism/multilingualism in family settings, in educational settings, in workplace settings, etc. A key feature of the course is a clear preference for sociolinguistic and discourse analytic methodologies. Therefore a keen interest in these methodologies is assumed from those who choose to take this course. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
(a) read and understand critically the literature on relevant aspects of bilingualism
(b) describe patterns of language socialisation in bilingual settings
(c) describe patterns of functional language distribution in bilingual communities
(d) describe patterns and meanings of language choice and code-switching in bilingual conversation
(e) demonstrate familiarity with issues in post-bilingualism situations (e.g. language shift, pidginisation and creolisation)
(f) demonstrate familiarity with potential applications of the sociolinguistic and discourse analytic study of bilingualism/multilingualism (e.g. language policy, language rights, bilingual education, etc.)
(g) demonstrate acquisition of general transferable skills (e.g. critical reading, academic writing, library and / or community-based research)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Teaching Contact Time: 9 weeks out of 11 at 3 hours/week = 27 hours |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Joseph Gafaranga
Tel: (0131 6)50 3496
Email: josephg@ling.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emma Nelson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5505
Email: Emma.Nelson@ed.ac.uk |
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