LALS-563 – Issues in Sociolinguistics
| Points: | 15 | Prerequisites: | None |
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| Faculty: | Humanities & Soc Sc | Corequisites: | None |
| School: | Linguistics & Applied Language | Restrictions: | None |
This course is a core course for the MA in Linguistics and an optional course for the MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. As such the course centres around those areas of sociolinguistics which are of interest to both sociolinguists and applied linguists.
Tuition Fees
2013: domestic $819.75 
international $2,149.95
Set texts
Hornberger, Nancy H. and Sandra Lee McKay 2010. Sociolinguistics and Language Education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
A set of reading materials to be used in the course is available for purchase through vicbooks, and available electronically on Blackboard.
Recommended reading
Holmes, Janet 2008 (3rd edition). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. London: Longman. (A good guide to basic concepts and ideas. This is recommend pre-reading for the course)
Coupland, Nikolas & Adam Jaworski (eds) 2009. The New Sociolinguistics Reader. London: Macmillan.
Llamas, Carmen, Louise Mullany & Peter Stockwell 2006. The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics. Abingdon, [England]; N.Y.: Routledge.
Mesthrie, Rajend, Joan Swann, A. Deumert & William L. Leap 2009 (2nd ed). Introducing Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Paulston, Christina Bratt and G. Richard Tucker (eds) 2003. Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings. Oxford: Blackwell.
Trimester 2 2013
* indicates instructor is the course coordinator.
| CRN | From/To | Days | Time | Building [Campus] | Room | Instructor | 10605 (L1) | 15 Jul – 6 Oct 2013 | Mon | 1310 - 1500 | 24 Kelburn Pde [Kelburn] | 103 | Meredith Marra* | 10657 (L1) | 15 Jul – 17 Nov 2013 | tba | [Distance (NZ)] | Meredith Marra* |
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Course Outline Information
For FHSS and NZSM course outlines (current and previous years), please refer to the Course Outlines page on the FHSS website.