summary sociolinguistics course syllabi dear subscribers shamefully long back posted request syllabi sociolinguistics courses finally summary received thanks kate remlinger ellen l contini morava ronald cosper responses apologies everyone tardiness posting best seth minkoff seth mit edu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ might find collection syllabi published coswl committee status women linguistics helpful sure obtain copy lsa secretariat might able help kathryn remlinger karemlin mtu edu department humanities michigan technological uuniversity 1400 townsend drive houghton mi 49931 906 4873274 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hello syllabus course univ virginia aimed midlevel undergraduates mostly anthropology majors usually students previous linguistics courses averages 6070 students would sent one last spring could nt find file hard drive got eaten recently one change probably permanent instead trudgill textbook substituted nancy bonvillain language culture communication prentice hall 1993 anthropologically oriented trudgill labovian sociological school also bonvillain includes rudimentary linguistics useful nt hope late useful best regards ellen contini morava anthropology 341 741 introduction sociolinguistics spring 1993 instructor ellen contini morava books required reading deborah tannen nt understand women men conversation ballantine books 1990 peter trudgill sociolinguistics penguin 1983 textbook martha coonfield ward children study language learning university press america 1971 addition books required readings include packet xeroxed articles available inprint elliewood avenue note one copy book one copy xeroxed packet placed reserve clemons library requirements midterm final openbook takehome essay question exams field project whose topic methodology discussed spring break exams field project count one third final grade 741 students write research paper approximately 20 pages length addition requirements field project may incorporated paper paper count one half final grade course description field sociolinguistics deals ways language serves define maintain group identity social relationships among speakers particular topics covered course include regional social variation language language reflects maintains social stratification consequences social attitudes toward linguistic features speakers associated standard nonstandard dialects ii language ethnicity language marker ethnic identity controversies black english linguistic definition social functions history problems interethnic communication language ethnic diversity classroom iii language sex gender men women speak different languages verbal nonverbal features mark sex speaker gender communicative style representations gender advertising sexism sexstereotyping language iv language social context formal informal speech styles linguistic social definitions reciprocal nonreciprocal forms address diglossia bilingualism relation means expression social meaning language power solidarity v languages contact pidgin creole languages structure origins social functions political social factors affecting language choice multilingual developing nations including fate minority languages countries vi applied sociolinguistics language planning intervention language change multilingualism education language affects health care language courtroom language mass media linguistic representation news syllabus jan 16 preface 1 21 introduction trudgill ch 1 wolfram walt varieties american english c ferguson b heath eds language usa cambridge university press 1981 1 23 language social attitudes labov william general attitudes toward speech new york city r w bailey j l robinson eds varieties presentday english macmillan 1972 underwood gary sound arkansawyer american speech 49 3 4 208216 1974 1 28 language social class trudgill ch 2 labov william logic nonstandard english georgetown monographs languages linguistics 22 1969 1 30 language ethnicity trudgill ch 3 spears black american english jonetta cole ed anthropology nineties new york free press 1988 stanback language black woman place evidence black middle class p treichler c kramarae b stafford eds alma mater theory practice feminist scholarship univ illinois press 1985 feb 4 ethnicity communicative style mitchell kernan claudia signifying loudtalking marking kochman ed rappin stylin communication urban black america univ illinois press 1972 schiffrin deborah jewish argument sociability language society 13 311335 1984 2 6 language ethnicity classroom smitherman geneva go c b talkin testifyin language black america boston houghton mifflin 1977 philips susan u participant structures communicative competence warm springs children community classroom c cazden v john hymes eds functions language classroom new york teachers college press 1972 2 11 2 13 ethnicity social class language learning ward children textbook 2 18 2 20 language gender trudgill ch 4 tannen nt understand textbook 2 25 language gender crosscultural perspectives keesing r kwaio women speak micropolitics autobiography solomon island society american anthropologist 87 1 1985 pp 2739 keenan elinor ochs norm makers normbreakers uses speech men women malagasy community r bauman j sherzer eds explorations ethnography speaking cambridge university press 1974 2 27 sexism sexstereotyping language schulz semantic derogation woman b thorne n henley eds language sex difference dominance rowley newbury house 1975 satire w alias w hofstadter person paper purity language metamagical themas new york basic books 1985 takehome midterm handed due 12 30 pm tuesday march 3 ground rules exam openbook test texts lecture notes may consulted preparing answers test may discussed anyone test must pledged returned beginning class tests returned later deadline left mailbox door car windshield etc accepted e receive grade f time extensions except documented cases emergency permission person leaving message answering machine office door department secretary guarantee extension granted mar 3 language social context overview trudgill ch 5 take home midterm due beginning class 3 5 language social context theoretical perspectives hymes dell models interaction language social life j j gumperz hymes eds directions sociolinguistics holt rinehart winston 1972 3 10 language context forms address e bates l benigni rules address italy sociological survey language society 4 3 1975 pp 271288 field project proposals due 3 12 language context choice code ferguson charles sports announcer talk language society 12 153172 1983 abu lughod l honor sentiments loss bedouin society american ethnologist 12 2 1985 3 17 3 19 spring break 3 24 language context silence basso keith give words silence western apache culture southwestern journal anthropology 26 21330 1970 sansom b sick speak parkin ed semantic anthropology academic press 1983 3 26 language context social norms goffman erving lecture forms talk university pennsylvania press 1981 3 31 theoretical perspectives ii trudgill ch 6 bernstein basil sociolinguistic approach socialization j j gumperz hymes eds directions sociolinguistics holt rinehart winston 1972 apr 2 languages contact bilingualism multilingualism heller monica bonjour hello negotiations language choice montreal gumperz j ed communication language social identity cambridge university press 1982 mkilifi h triglossia swahili english bilingualism tanzania language society 1 197213 1972 4 7 languages contact pidgins creoles trudgill ch 8 crowley b rigsby cape york creole shopen ed languages status univ pennsylvania press 1987 4 9 pidgins creoles cont stewart w creole languages caribbean rice f ed study role second languages asia africa latin america washington dc center applied linguistics 1962 sistren honor ford smith ole massa lionheart gal sister vision black women women colour press box 217 station e toronto ontario m6h 4e2 canada 4 14 language dominance native immigrant languages us darnell r language power cree interethnic communication wolfson n j manes eds language inequality berlin mouton de gruyter 1985 fishman j lively life ead language everyone knows yiddish died long ago wolfson manes see preceding full reference 4 16 applied sociolinguistics language planning trudgill ch 7 ferguson charles sociolinguistically oriented language surveys ohannessian c ferguson e polom eds language surveys developing nations washington dc center applied linguistics 1975 4 21 applied sociolinguistics language inequality walker g h applied sociology language vernacular languages education p trudgill ed applied sociolinguistics london orlando academic 1984 fisher todd friendly persuasion negotiating decisions use oral contraceptives fisher todd eds discouse institutional authority medicine education law norwood nj ablex 1986 4 23 language inequality cont courts media obarr w speech styles courtroom linguistic evidence language power strategy courtroom academic press 1982 van dijk teun mediating racism role media reproduction racism ruth wodak ed language power ideology john benjamins 1989 4 28 review discussion oral reports field projects due policy applies midterm see 2 27 final exam handed due 5 pm wednesday may 6 return secretary anthropology department office 303 brooks hall respects policy applies midterm see 2 27