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Topics |
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Activities |
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Week 1 |
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INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS §
Some Definitions of Sociolinguistics § Sociolinguistics and Linguistics § Sociolinguistics and the
Sociology of Language SOCIOLINGUISTIC PHENOMENA § Scope and ramifications of sociolinguistics § Introduction to sociolinguistics § Competence and performance §
Whorfian hypothesis §
Language and culture § Scope of sociolinguistics |
3 |
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Week 2 |
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SOCIOLINGUISTICS
AND VARIETIES OF LANGUAGE §
The Question of Varieties of Language in
Sociolinguistics §
What Are Linguistics Items? §
The Terms- Variety and Lect §
Types and Significance of Varieties of Language Attitude towards Language
Varieties |
3 |
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Week 3 |
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THEORIES OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS LANGUAGE AND DIALECTS §
Regional Dialects §
Social Dialects §
Idiolects §
Dialects and
Identity §
Study of Dialects in Sociolinguistics §
Language in Society |
3 |
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Week 4 |
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MULTILINGUAL SPEECH
COMMUNITIES § What Are Speech
Communities? § Language choice in multilingual communities Networks and Repertoires |
3 |
Quiz 1 |
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Week 5 |
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SOME CONCEPTS RELATED TO LANGUAGE VARIETIES § Language in culture and culture in language |
3 |
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Week 6 |
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LINGUISTIC INEQUALITY IN SOCIAL PARADIGMS
REGISTER AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS-I § What is a Register? §
Some Examples of Register §
How a Register is Different from
a Dialect §
What is Jargon? § Difference in a Register and
Jargon §
What is Accent? §
Accents vs. Dialect §
What is Style? § Register vs. Style |
3 |
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Week 7 |
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LANGUAGE VARIATIONS-I § Speech communities and communicative competence § Language variation and social
change |
3 |
Quiz 2 |
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Week 8 |
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REVISION |
3 |
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Week 9 |
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MID TERM EXAMS |
3 |
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Week 10 |
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SOCIAL PRACTICES AND ONGOING GLOBAL
PROCESSES TERMS RELATED TO LANGUAGE CHANGE
– I § Language Change and Maintenance §
Language Shift § Language Desertion § Language Death §
Language Accommodation
TERMS RELATED TO LANGUAGE CHANGE– II § Pidgin § Creole |
3 |
Quiz 3 |
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Week 11 |
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ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS
SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND USE
OF CODES § Code Switching and Sociolinguistics §
Code Mixing
and Sociolinguistics § Tag Switching §
Why Code Switching and Mixing? §
Hybridization |
3 |
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Week 12 |
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LANGUAGE PLANNING AND SOCIETAL ISSUES |
3 |
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Week 13 |
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NON- STANDARD LANGUAGE § What is Slang? §
What are Clichés? §
Local Proverbs and Idioms in Sociolinguistics § Functions of Non-
standard Language §
Examples of Non- standard Language from English DIGLOSSIA § What is Diglossia? §
Diglossia and the Social
Hierarchy §
Extended Concept
of Diglossia § Examples of Diglossia § Diglossia and Language Shift |
3 |
Quiz 4 |
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Week 14 |
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CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING
IN PAKISTAN § Code Switching of English and Urdu in Pakistan §
Code Switching of Other Languages in Pakistan § Code Mixing of English and Urdu in Pakistan § Code Mixing of Other Languages in Pakistan §
Language Hybridization in Pakistan § National Language and language planning |
3 |
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Week 15 |
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LANGUAGE PRACTICES AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC SCENE
OF PAKISTAN- I §
Modes of Address and
Sociolinguistic Scene of Pakistan § Reduplication and Sociolinguistic Scene of Pakistan §
Repetition of Codes and Sociolinguistic Scene
of Pakistan §
Names and Titles and Sociolinguistic Scene
of Pakistan § Greetings and Sociolinguistic Scene of Pakistan |
3 |
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Week 16 |
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LANGUAGE PRACTICES AND
SOCIOLINGUISTIC SCENE OF PAKISTAN- II § Gender Identity and Language
in Pakistan §
Proverbs in Pakistan and Sociolinguistic Perspective §
Literature and Sociolinguistics §
Sociolinguistics and Oral Literature Across the Globe § Sociolinguistics and Oral
Literature in Pakistan |
3 |
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Week 17 |
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LANGUAGE CONFLICTS AND POLITICS IN SOUTH ASIA
GLOBAL LANGUAGE PRACTICES |
3 |
Presentation (10 marks) |
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Week 18 |
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FINAL TERM EXAMINATION |
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