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| LROM0184-1 | Sociolinguistic questions
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | François Provenzano |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The course consists of three main parts, of varying importance.
The first part sets out the brief story of prehistory, birth, and current developments in this recent discipline of sociolinguistics among the language sciences.
The second part presents the main concepts of sociolinguistics, through three main problematic fields: social variation of language, contacts between languages, linguistic policies.
The third part of the course deals with the question of sociolinguistic inquiry. After a presentation of the available methods and the types of observable problems, students are invited to themselves conduct a small sociolinguistic inquiry, on a freely chosen subject. |
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| Course objective : | By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- recognise and understand the dynamic of the history of ideas, which saw the emergence of questioning the links between language and society, and particularly the emergence of sociolinguistics as a scientific discipline;
- recognise the specificity of the sociolinguistic perspective of language and to identify the main problems of this point of view;
- define the main concepts seen in class and apply them to simple cases;
- themselves define a (simple) sociolinguistic problem, construct a method of observation which is sufficient to treat it, and propose an analysis of the results. |
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| Prerequisites : | Good oral and written command of mother tongue.
Knowledge of general linguistics would be an advantage. |
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| Workshops : | The course anticipates no practical work sessions, but ends with a piece of work conducted either individually or in groups of two or three students (see 'General overview' above). Students can consult the teacher at all stages of this work. Specific organisational methods will be presented in class. |
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| Organization : | The course will take place on Thursdays, from 6PM to 8PM (classroom A2/2/5).
The major part of the course will be given in lecture form, including discussion between students and the teacher. At the start of each session, students can ask questions about preceding sessions.
The final piece of work will be conducted by the students, who can consult the teacher during surgery hours. |
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| Written notes : | No syllabus is proposed. Students will take notes in class; their presence is therefore compulsory. To complete their notes or to study an aspect of the subject in greater detail, students can turn to the following references, which are provided for information and will be commented upon during the first session.
BALIBAR (R.), L'Institution du français. Essai sur le colinguisme des carolingiens à la République, Paris, PUF, 1985.
BOURDIEU (P.), Ce que parler veut dire. L'Economie des échanges linguistiques, Paris, Fayard, 1982.
BOYER (H.), Introduction à la sociolinguistique, Paris, Dunod, 2001.
CALVET (L-J.) & DUMONT (P.) (dir.), L'Enquête sociolinguistique, Paris, L'Harmattan, 1999.
LABOV (W.), Sociolinguistique [1972], Paris, Minuit, 1976.
MARCELLESI (J.-B.) & GARDIN (B.), Introduction à la sociolinguistique. La linguistique sociale, Paris, Larousse, "Langue et langage", 1974. PROVENZANO (Fr.), Vies et mort de la francophonie. Une politique française de la langue et de la littérature, Bruxelles, Les Impressions nouvelles, 2011. |
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| Assessment : | Assessment will consist of an oral test in two parts:
a) questioning of encyclopaedic knowledge of the history of sociolinguistic thought and the problems and concepts associated with sociolinguistic analysis;
b) presentation of the inquiry (problem, methods, results). |
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| Contacts : | Surgery hours : Thursdays, 9AM-11AM.
Mail : Francois.Provenzano@ulg.ac.be
Tel. office : 04 366 55 22 |
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| Ce document sera commenté lors de la première séance. |
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