Language and Society
Course code
EKK7404.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Keel ja ühiskond
Course title in English
Language and Society
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To enable a basic overview of relations between langauge and society, language variation, individual and societal multilingualism, contacts of Estonian language, multilingual communication, connections between language and identity and various views on identity
Brief description of the course
Aims of sociolinguistics. Language variation and change (syncrhonic, diachronic, territorial, individusal social etc). Standardization. Norm and periphery. Multilingual society. Bilingualism and diglossia. Societal and individual multilinugalism. Evolution of views on multilingualsim. Contacts of Estonian language. Relativity of „mother tongue“ concept. Emergence of new identities. Multiple identity. Linguistic repertoire Linguistic creativity. Styles and ethnolects.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- know main concept of sociolinguistics
- is familiar with treatments of multilingualism;
- realize the complexity of links between language and identity;
- has a basic understanding of the emergence of new identities and multiple identities;
- has a general idea about contacts of Estonian language.
- know main concept of sociolinguistics
- is familiar with treatments of multilingualism;
- realize the complexity of links between language and identity;
- has a basic understanding of the emergence of new identities and multiple identities;
- has a general idea about contacts of Estonian language.
Teacher
Anna Verschik
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