LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY

LIN2LSO

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject deals with the nature and function of speech variation within communities: social, ethnic, gender and age differences; non-standard speech forms and their social functions; bilingualism and language contact; language shift and language death. Variation across communities is also considered in terms of different speech patterns used in different cultures.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: James Walker

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must have passed 15 credit points at first-year level from Linguistics All other students require Coordinator's approval

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: LIN3LIS

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics

Resource Type: Other resource

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Allan Bell

Year: 2013

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Wiley

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Students are able, independently or in small groups, to present their own views and the views of others in tutorial presentations.

02. Students will articulate connections between their study of linguistics and issues of personal or social concern.

03. Students will be able to search for and locate information beyond the specific suggestions embodied in subject guides. Students will be familiar with library resources in the field of linguistic study. Students will be able to show independent thinking in their essay materials.

04. Students will become more adept at engaging with and describing this linguistic diversity.

05. Students will develop their ability to present and analyse data in written form. They will become more sophisticated in articulating and defending their analyses.

06. Students will expand the domains of linguistics across which they are able to deploy analytical and problem solving techniques.

07. Students will work co-operatively on various tasks, and discuss linguistic analyses of particular datasets.

08. Under guidance, students will be able to solve problems of increasing complexity across a wider range of sub-disciplines of linguistics.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: James Walker

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One hour in-class test (1000 word equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	25	SILO2, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6, SILO8
Weekly exercises (400 word equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	10	SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO6, SILO7, SILO8
Two Assignments (total 2600 word equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	65	SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6, SILO7, SILO8