Sociolinguistics
Stockholm University
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Sociolinguistics
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Code: ENSO75
The course is intended to provide an in-depth overview of sociolinguistics theories and sociolinguistics research. It will cover in detail topics such as languages and language varieties that different speakers use in different situations, regional and social dialectology, language variation and change, language choice and code-switching, language and gender, language contact (language maintenance and loss, pidgins and creoles, new Englishes), and language and power. The focus will be primarily on English but other languages will be considered, depending on the topic.
Entry requirements
Bachelor of Arts degree with at least 90 ECTS credits or the equivalent in a subject area relevant to the course (English, English linguistics, linguistics or any modern language. Swedish upper secondary school course English 6 or the equivalent.
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