Sociolinguistics

Code:

CL025

Acronym:

SOCLIN

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Linguistics

Instance: 2024/2025 - 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	29	study plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

Objectives

The objectives of this CU are to lead the students to:

Recognise the various aspects of the relation between language and society;

Identify the factors of variation and the varieties of a language;

Recognise situational factors and language registers;

Understand sociolinguistic interaction as a locus of subjective and intersubjective construction

Acquire analytical methodologies of sociolinguistic interaction.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester, the students should be able to:

Recognise aspects of the relation between language and society;

Identify the factors of variation and the linguistic varieties;

Understand the linguistic varieties as a trace of the relationship between language and speaker; language and context of use; language and society;

Identify situational factors and language registers;

Recognise and apply concepts, theoretical principles and methodologies for examining sociolinguistic phenomena;

Practice the analysis of language in social contexts;

Recognise sociolinguistic interaction as a locus of subjective and intersubjective construction;

Apply analytical methodologies of sociolinguistic interaction to the study of  authentic discourses;

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program

1. From Linguistics to Sociolinguistics
2. Variational Sociolinguistics
2.1 Variation
Variation factors
Varieties
Variable; variant; internal and external independent variables
Registers and styles
2.2 Change
Principles of linguistic change
Apparent and real time change
3. Interactional Sociolinguistics
Locution; allocution; interlocution
Units of analysis in interactional discourse
Interaction; footing and face work
Linguistic politeness

Mandatory literature

Christian Baylon; Sociolinguistique. ISBN: 2-09-190048-7
Erving Goffman; A^apresentação do eu na vida de todos os dias. ISBN: 072-708-205-X
FERREIRA, Manuela B. e outros; “Variação linguística: perspectiva dialectológica” in Faria, I. H. e outros (orgs) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, 1996
Inês Duarte; Língua portuguesa. ISBN: 978-972-674-297-5
Janet Holmes; An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Routledge, 2013
JOOS, Martin; “The Isolation of Styles” in FISHMAN, Joshua (ed.), Readings in the Sociology of Language, 1968
Joshua A. Fishman; Sociolinguistique
Juliette Garmadi; Introdução à sociolinguística
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI, Catherine; Análise da Conversação, princípios e métodos(Tradução de La Conversation. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1996)., São Paulo, Parábola Editorial, Coleção Na Ponta da Língua, nº 16., 2006
Labov, William ; Padrões sociolinguísticos, Parábola Editorial, 2008
Maria Emília Ricardo Marques; Sociolinguística. ISBN: 972-674-164-5
Mollica, Maria Cecília e Braga, Maria Luiza (orgs); Introdução à Sociolinguísica: o tratamento da variação, Contexto, 2004
PEDRO, Emília, Ribeiro; “Interacção verbal” in Faria, I. H. e outros (orgs) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, 1996
William Labov; Sociolinguistic patterns. ISBN: 0-8122-1040-9
William Labov; Principles of linguistic change. ISBN: 0-631-17914-3 vol.1

Comments from the literature

The references correspond, almost entirely, to works existing in the Library of FLUP or CLUP. The records refer to automatic records imported from the information system.
Aditional bibliographical notes will be given during classes. The materials used in classes are available in Sigarra.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching-learning process is based on lectures and tutorials where description of contents is made, followed by practical activities. 
The materials used in class are available on Sigarra.

There is a compulsory 75% attendance.

The practical work should be based on theoretical readings, but also contain a component of case study.

The activities in class are focussed on acquiring linguistic methodologies for a competent and rigorous analysis of sociolinguistic phenomena.   

 

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	52,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de campo	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Compulsory attendance of 75% of the classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Test: 60%
Practical work: 40%
Examination (applicable to special cases): 60%

The approval implies compulsory attendance of 75% of the classes (unless established otherwise by law) and positive evaluation on the test / examination and on the practical work.

The practical work is object of oral defense.
The classification of the practical work results from a weighted average between the written component and the oral presentation of each student, and may therefore diverge within the same working group.

Examinations or Special Assignments

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Internship work/project

Not applicable

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force. Students with special status (Article 14) will have access to the supplementary periods provided for by law and to a specific absence policy. Besides this possibility, there are no alternative assessment models to those in force for other students.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force. 

The component exam can be subject to grade improvement.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese.