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This seminar will be concerned with modern forms of the English language throughout the British Isles and in the overseas locations in North America and the Southern Hemisphere where the language is spoken today. A particular concern will be to examine the use of English in urban contexts and in rural settings, in both instances from a sociolinguistic point of view. In particular the relationship of dialectology to sociolinguistics will be highlighted. The continuing value of rural dialects and the importance of varieties of English in modern cities are aspects which will be given equal treatment in this course. Recommended reading Bauer, Laurie and Peter Trudgill (eds) 1998. Language myths. New York: Penguin.
Bayley, Robert and Ceil Lucas (eds) 2007. Sociolinguistic Variation. Theories, Methods, and Applications. Cambridge University Press.
Chambers, Jack 2003. Sociolinguistic theory. Linguistic variation and its social significance. Second edition. Oxford: Blackwell.
Downes, William 1998. Language and society. Cambridge: University Press.
Mesthrie, Rajend et al. (eds) 2000. Introducing sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: University Press.
Mesthrie, Rajend (ed.) 2001. A concise encyclopedia of sociolinguistics. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Meyerhoff, Miriam 2006. Introducing sociolinguistics. London: Routledge.
Romaine, Suzanne 2000. Language in society. An introduction to sociolinguistics. Second edition. Oxford: University Press. |
