Unit name | Hispanic Sociolinguistics TB-2 |
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Unit code | HISP30094 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. James Hawkey |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This final-year unit introduces students to key concepts of sociolinguistic theory and places them in a Hispanic context for analysis. With little-to-no prior knowledge of linguistics, students will firstly examine different topics within sociolinguistics, including (among others):
These theoretical tools will then be applied to the current situation of Ibero-Romance language varieties (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Judeo-Spanish) around the world. Lessons will be dedicated to the analysis of specific Hispanic case studies worldwide, such as:
On completion of this unit students will be able to:
1 x 2-hour slot per week across 1 teaching block, divided into an informal lecture (one hour) and a seminar (one hour).
1 x group presentation (groups of 2-3, 20 minutes plus 5 minutes of questions) (25%) testing ILO’s 1, 2 and 4-5.
1 x 4000 word essay (75%), testing ILO’s 1-4.
Chambers, J.K. & N. Schilling (eds.) 2013. The Handbook of Language Variation and Change. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Díaz-Campos, M. (ed.) 2011. The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Hualde, J.I., Olarrea, A., Escobar, A.M. & Travis, C.E. (eds.) Introducción a la Lingüística Hispánica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mesthrie, R. 2011. The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wardhaugh, R., & J.M. Fuller. 2015. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.