Universität Wien

122221 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper (2015S)

Perspectives on Standard English

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

TITLE of the seminar:

"Perspectives on Standard English"

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

NB: Because this seminar, being on a Friday, can only start on March 13th and we may lose another session during the term, a couple of sessions (to be agreed upon with all participants) may run for a full 2 hours.

  • Friday 13.03. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 20.03. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 27.03. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 17.04. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 24.04. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 08.05. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 15.05. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 22.05. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 29.05. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 05.06. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 12.06. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 19.06. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Friday 26.06. 10:30 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

'Standard English' is a central notion of language description and language teaching, and standardization involves the institutional recognition of one codified variety of a language thereby giving it a privileged status. But what exactly does 'standard' mean, and how does Standard English come about? In this seminar we shall work towards an understanding of the process of standardization, in particular how standards are always contextually relative, i.e. established in a particular set of circumstances and at a particular time, and only apparently stable.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will be assessed on the basis of participation in discussions throughout the course, a short project outline, the oral presentation of their research project, and a written seminar paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The main objectives of this course are to foster awareness of the process of standardization and to raise critical questions about the nature of Standard English. We shall also ask how ideas about standardization may be affected in particular in the case of English, given that the language has been appropriated as a lingua franca on a global scale and its resources are often used in international settings without deference to the authority of Standard English.

Examination topics

In the first phase of the course, we shall engage in a shared reading and discussion of several papers or book chapters as well as some practical work with language data, in particular corpora. Our discussions will be designed to help participants develop their research questions and plan their own projects. The second phase of the seminar will be dedicated to individual project work. In the final phase participants will present their projects and findings in oral presentations and written research papers.

Reading list

References for readings and some electronic resources will be made available and discussed in the first phase of the seminar.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.3-222, BA06.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-2222

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