Sociolinguistics

Code:

CL025

Acronym:

SOCLIN

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	11	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	3	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. know the basic concepts and theoretical principles for examining the sociolinguistic phenomena;
2. distinguish the different methodologies developed in Sociolinguistics;
3. understand the linguistic varieties as a trace of the relationship between language and user; language and context of use; language and society;
4. practice the analysis of language in social contexts ;
5. apply the acquired knowledge to the analysis of discursive productions of Portuguese speakers.

Program

1. From Linguistics to Sociolinguistics: key theoretical and methodological concepts
2. Norm and Usage/ Norm and Variation
3. Synchronic variation
3.1 Language and Society
3.1.1 Social varieties
3.2 Language and Geographic dimension
3.2.1 Geographical varieties or dialects
3.3 Language and Situation
3.3.1 Language registers
3.3.2 Linguistic competence and communicative competence
3.3.3 Determinism; controllability; linguistic insecurity; linguistic hypercorrection
4. Diachronic variation
4.1 The language as a historical phenomenon

Mandatory literature

BAYLON, Christian; Sociolinguistique – Société, Langue et Discours, 1991
BOYER, Henry; Eléments de Sociolinguistique – Langue, Communication et Société, 1991
CARVALHO, José Herculano de; “Individualidade e interindividualidade do saber linguístico”, Teoria da Linguagem, vol I, 1967
COUPLAND, Nikolas and JAWORSKI, Adam; Sociolinguistics : a reader and coursebook, 1999
FERREIRA, Manuela B. e outros; “Variação linguística: perspectiva dialectológica” in Faria, I. H. e outros (orgs) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, 1996
FISHMAN, Joshua; Sociolinguistics, 1972
GARMADI, Juliette; Introdução à Sociolinguística, 1989
JOOS, Martin; “The Isolation of Styles” in FISHMAN, Joshua (ed.), Readings in the Sociology of Language, 1968
LABOV, William; Sociolinguistique, 1976
LESLEY, Milroy and GORDON, Matthew; Sociolinguistics: method and interpretation, 2003
MARQUES, Maria Emília R.; Sociolinguística, 1995
PEDRO, Emília, Ribeiro; “Interacção verbal” in Faria, I. H. e outros (orgs) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, 1996

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes
Tutorial guidance of students in the carrying out of small research work on the topics of the program and application of knowledge to the analysis of the discursive production of Portuguese speakers

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	4,00
	Trabalho escrito	40,00
	Teste	52,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	10
	Total:	10,00

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark on the test / examination and on the research work.

Calculation formula of final grade

Test: 60%
Research paper: 40%
Examination (applicable to special cases): 60%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese.