Week - 1 |
Introduction: Linguistics, Language, Relations Between Language and Society, Prescriptivism, Descriptivism, Speech, Writing |
Week - 2 |
Sociolinguistics: What is sociolinguitics? What do sociolinguists do? |
Week - 3 |
Regional Dialects I |
Week - 4 |
Regional Dialects II |
Week - 5 |
Language Planning I |
Week - 6 |
Language Planning II |
Week - 7 |
Mid-term |
Week - 8 |
Language Contact and Contact Languages I: Pidgins & Creoles & Lingua Franca |
Week - 9 |
Language Contact and Contact Languages II: Pidgins & Creoles & Lingua Franca |
Week - 10 |
Social Dialects - User-based Variables I: Age, Gender |
Week - 11 |
Social Dialects - User-based Variables II: Social Class, Education, Ethnic Background |
Week - 12 |
Social Dialects - Usage-based variables: Style, Register, Slang, Jargon, Taboo, Euphemisms |
Week - 13 |
Language, Thought, Culture I |
Week - 14 |
Language, Thought, Culture II |