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LNGS7002 - Sociolinguistics (2006)

Postgraduate

Department:	Linguistics
School:	School of Letters, Art and Media
Semester(s):	Semester 2
Credit Points:	6
Co-ordinator:	Dr Ikuko Nakane
Email:	Ikuko.Nakane@arts.usyd.edu.au
Telephone:	9351 7518

UoS Description

This course introduces students to a number of key areas in sociolinguistics including language dialects and variations in phonology, syntax and semantics, pidgins and creoles, discourse analysis, register, the relationship between sociolinguistics and second language acquisition (SLA), interlanguage pragmatics, language attitudes, language policies and language planning, language and teaching. Members of the class will undertake empirical research.

UoS Learning Situations:

Seminars , 2 hours per week
2 hours per week