Course Contents

Intro. to Sociolinguistics • Function of Language in society • Domains of Language use Source: Sociolinguistics by R.A. Hudson pg 1-4 & Hand outs • Standard Language. • The delimitation of languages • The family tree model Source: Hudson: pg 32-38, Intro. to Language & society by Trudgill (Terms) pg 17-20 • Language and Dialects • Regional Dialects • Diffusion and wave theory Hudson: pg 30-32& 38-41 Terms: pg 17-20 • Social dialects • Types of Linguistic items Source: Hudson: pg 41-45 Terms: pg 25-29 Registers and dialects Source: Hudson: pg 45-49 Terms: pg 30-34 • Quiz • Diglossia Source: Hudson: pg 49-51 Terms: pg 35-38 Mixture of Verities • Pidgins • Creoles Source: Hudson: pg 59-63 Terms: pg 39-42 • Code switching • Code Mixing Source: Hudson: pg 63-68 Terms: pg 43-48 Intro. to Stylistics Language in Prose and Poetry. Where Linguistics Comes in Stylistics as a branch of Linguistics Problems of stylistic research Source: Style in Fiction by Leech & Short pg 2-6 7 Handouts Approaches and Methods Style and Choice The Domain of style Style and Content Source: Leech & Short pg 10-26 Comparing Dualism & Monism Pluralism: Analyzing style in terms of function. A multilevel approach to Style Source: Leech & Short pg 26-38 Features of style Style markers and the principle of selection Source: Leech & Short pg 64-70 Intro. to Discourse Analysis • Function of Language i.e. Transactional and Interactional view • Spoken and Written Discourse • Difference in forms of spoken and written discourse Source: Discourse Analysis by Collin Brown & George pg 1-8, 14-19 Text • What is text? • Cohesion-Cohesive ties Source: Discourse Analysis pg190-199 • Coherence Source: Discourse Analysis pg 223-231 • Intro. to Conversational Structure • Adjacency Pairs • Preference Structure Source: Pragmatics by George Yule pg 76-82