Tuesdays 9:00am - 12:00pm, Library 2127
Faculty: Susan Fiksdal, Lab II 2247, x6329
Email: fiksdals@evergreen.edu

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• Week 2: Brown, R. & A. Gilman. (1972). The Pronouns of power and solidarity. In. Pier Paolo Giglioli (Ed.) Language and social context. New York: Penguin.
• Week 3: On Face-Work: An analysis of ritual elements in social interaction. (5-45)
• Week 4: The Production and Reproduction of Legitimate Language. In The Economy of Linguistic Changes. (43-65).
• Week 5: Dickey, C. L. (2001). "Encounter with Contemporary Speakers of Lo Lemosi in Correze." The French Review. 75(2):260-275.
• Week 6: "Interpreting Interruption in Conversation." Gender and Discourse.

Syllabus

Texts:

• Ager, Dennis. Sociolinguistics and Contemporary French
• Romaine, Suzanne. Lanugage in Use (2nd ed.)
• Johnson, Allan. Privilege, Power, and Difference.
• and selected other readings

Sociolinguistics is the study of how we use language. We will study the interrelationship of language variation with ideology, gender, ethnicity, class, power, and identity with examples drawn from many languages, and an emphasis on francophone regions. Learning objectives are to identify these interrelationships from a theoretical standpoint; to demonstrate ways in which these variables operate; to learn qualitative research design and presentation techniques. Each week you will conduct a small sruvey and write a short paper based on your reading and the data you gather. there will be a short quiz. In groups of two or three you will present a research project.

Research Project: You will design and carry out a small sociolinguistic study to answer a qeustion generated from our work. You will explain your research in a short presentation to the class and write a 5-6 page research paper using APA format. (A good resource for APA is http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html) Your research should include a survey or data from a recording of oral communication. Besides your data, you will need at least four sources, three of which must be academic (journal article, book, academic web site, etc.) besides the data you collect. You will present your research to the class and invite discussion of your work. You are encouraged to form teams to do this work, but your research papers must be individual and explore different aspects of the questions your address.

Week One: Orientation to Sociolinguistics and linguistic terminology. Introduction to qualitative research.

Week Two: Dialect, Register & Style: Chs. 1 & 2 in Romaine

Week Three: Chs. 1-3 in Ager

Week Four: Language Choice & Impostion: Ch. 3 in Romaine; Chs. 4, 5, & 8 in Ager

Week Five: Language Change: Ch. 5-6 in Romaine, Ch. 6 in Ager

Week Six: Gender and Language: Ch. 4 in Romaine; Ch. 6 in Ager

Week Seven: Power: Read ALL of Johnson

Week Eight: Language Policy and Education: Ch. 7 in Romaine; Ch. 11 in Ager; Quiz

Week Nine: Presentation of Research Projects

Week Ten: Presentations continued