Submitted via email 4-29-08 Department Chair: Paul Voninski Department Chair E-Mail Address: voninski@oswego.edu Additional Contact: Stephen Saraydar (Chair, Curriculum Committee) Additional Contact E-Mail Address: saraydar@oswego.edu Course Number: ANT 345/LIN 345 Course Type: New Course Title:Sociolinguistics Catalog Description: This course explores the relationships between language and society. It examines the circumstances which lead to variations in linguistic behavior within societies and its social significance. Emphasis is given to the effects of gender, age, class, and ethnic differences on verbal and written forms of expression. Prerequisites: Nine social and behavioral science hours including one of the following ANT 112, LIN 100 or SOC 100 Frequency of Offering: Every Spring Semester Hours:3 Justification for the Course: We currently lack a course that focuses on the structure of language in its socio-cultural context. With an emphasis on the nature of linguistic variations and their social significance, this course will benefit a wide range of programs of study such as anthropology, communications, linguistics, sociology, and TESOL. Course Objectives: This course will: 1) provide students with a solid introduction to classical and contemporary theories of sociolinguistics; 2) provide concrete illustrations of multiple approaches to the study of linguistic variation and its social significance; 3) increase students� understanding of and appreciation for the ways in which language use varies within their society. Examples of readings Textbooks Janet Holmes 2001 An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. 2nd edition. Pearson Education Limited. Nancy Bonvillain 2008. Language, Culture, and Communication. 5th Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall. Other readings Additional articles/chapters will be included in a reading packet. Tentative Schedule of Topics: Overview of Linguistics Introduction to Sociolinguistics Major Theories and Methodologies Language Choice in Multilingual Communities Linguistic Varieties and Multilingual Nations National Languages and Language Planning Language Maintenance and Language Shift Language and Institutional Encounters Introduction to Regional and Social Dialects Language and Class Language and Race/Ethnicity The Ebonics Debate and Education of African Americans Language and Gender: English and English Speakers Language and Gender: Cross-Cultural Studies The Interplay of Language and Identity Language Change Language, Cognition and Culture: Universalism vs. Relativism Rethinking Linguistic Relativity Style, Context, and Register Ethnography of Communication Introduction to Pragmatics Linguistic Politeness Acquisition of Linguistic Competence Acquisition of Communicative Competence Language Socialization Applied Sociolinguistics Cross-Cultural Communication Sociolinguistic Awareness and Language Attitudes Library and Computer Technology Resources I may use the following films from the library: Nonverbal Communication An English Speaking World American Tongues Black on White Mother Tongue Acquiring the Human Language Bibliography: Allard, R & Landry, R. 1992. �Ethnolinguistic vitality beliefs and language maintenance and loss� in Maintenance and Loss of Minority Languages, edited by W. Fase, K. Jaspaert, & S. Kroon. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Blot, R. K. 2003. �Introduction� in Language and Social Identity, edited by R. K. Blot. Praeger Publishers. Bonvillain, N. 2008. Language, Culture, and Communication. 5th Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall. Bucholtz, M. 1999. �Transgression and progress in language and gender studies� in Reinventing Identities: the Gendered Self in Discourse, edited by M. Bucholtz, AC. Liang & L. Sutton. Oxford University Press. Cameron, D. 1999. �Performing gender identity: young men�s talk and the construction of heterosexual masculinity� in The Discourse Reader, edited by A. Jaworski and N. Coupland. London: Routledge. Chamers, J.K. and Peter Trudgill. 1998 Dialectology. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press. Chambers, J.K., Peter Trudgill, and Natalie Schilling-Esters, editors. 2002. The Handbook of Language Variation and Change. Blackwell Publishing. Collins, J. 1999a "The Ebonics controversy in context: literacies, subjectivities and language ideologies in the United States." In Language-Ideological Debates: Studies in Linguistic Historiography (pp. 201-233), edited by J. Blommaert. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Delpit, L. 1998. �What should teachers do� in The Real Ebonics Debate, edited by T. Perry & L. Delpit. New York: Beacon. Downs, W. 1998 Language and Society. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press. Gee, J. 1996. Sociolinguistics and Literacies. 2nd Ed. Taylor & Francis. Gumperz, J. & Cook-Gumperz, J. 1982. �Introduction: language and the communication of social identity� in Language and Social Identity, edited by J. Gumperz. Cambridge University Press. Heath, S. B. 1986. �What no bedtime story means: narrative skills at home and school� in Language Socialization across Cultures, edited by B. Schieffelin & E. Ochs. Cambridge University Press Holmes, J.. 2001. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. 2nd edition. Pearson Education Limited. Labov, W. 1972b. Sociolinguistic Patterns. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Ochs, E. 1996. �Linguistic resources for socializing humanity� in Rethinking Linguistic Relativity, edited by J.J. Gumperz and S.C. Levinson. Cambridge University Press. Peirce, B. N. 1995. �Social identity, investment, and language learning� in TESOL Quarterly: 29. Secret. C. 1998. �Embracing Ebonics and teaching Standard English� in The Real Ebonics Debate, edited by T. Perry and L. Delpit. New York: Beacon. Urciuoli, B.1998. Exposing Prejudice: Puerto Rican Experiences of Language, Race and class. Westview Press. Other Comments: