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160124 SE Empirical Seminar of Research in Language Teaching, Language Learning and Language Policy I (2017S)

Sprachreflexion und Sprachideologie

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Studierende, die das Seminar für den Bachelor im Modul 8 benötigen, erhalten 7 ECTS als Zusatzleistung.
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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 14.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 21.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 28.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 04.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 25.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 02.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 09.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 16.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 23.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 30.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 13.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 20.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Tuesday 27.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Language is not only subject to linguistic reflection. Outside linguistics, many people reflect on language, how it is used and, as opposed to most parts of (descriptive) linguistics, how it is supposed to be used. The language ideological debates of recent years (concerning Anglicisms, the spelling reform, dialect use, so-called 'ethnolects', 'politically correct' language use or the language use of specific social groups). These debates are rooted in a long tradition, which has also shaped linguistics. At the same time, they are manifestations of specific attitudes to, and conceptions of, language (so-called language ideologies), and not least manifestations of social conflicts.
The seminar deals with such aspects of language and communication. Focusing on some salient metalinguistic historical and present discourses, we set out to explore the language ideologies that determine public language reflection.
In order to do that, the theoretical and conceptual basics of sociolinguistic language ideology research and folk linguistics as well as of linguistic-anthropological metapragmatics are introduced and discussed.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular presence and participation, organization and moderation of a session (with oral presentation), seminar paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Knowledge of sociolinguistic and metapragmatic theories and methods, advanced skills in the analysis of media discourse.

Examination topics

Oral presentation of instructor and students, joint lecture and discussion of theoretical texts, analyses in the plenum and in work groups.

Reading list

Jan Blommaert (2005): Discourse. A critical introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, chap.. 7 »Ideology« (S. 158-202). The semester literature will be introduced in the first session.

Further literature will be introduced in the first session.

Association in the course directory

Ba-M8
MA2-M2

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