Society & Language

Pre-requisites: Knowledge of basic theoretical concepts in the social sciences – an introductory course in the theory of culture and/or society completed

Course objectives: The goal for this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts, theoretical directions and research orientations that address the relationship of society & language.

Course description: This course is composed of the following parts: (1) a short history of the study of language and society – from formal linguistics to a contextual understanding of language; (2) a summary overview of the various disciplines that deal with the society-language relationship, (3) critical examination of formative and contemporary contributions to sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, along with identifying the main theoretical directions and methods; (4) illuminating certain aspects of the language-society relationship that are of particular interest to sociologists. On a practical note, this course encompasses recording of examples of real-life linguistic behaviour and analysis of these examples.

Learning Outcomes: Students will have examined thematic fields of sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, acquired an orientation in the existing literature, problems and methods, which will enable them to conduct small-scale independent research.

Society & Language

Pre-requisites: Knowledge of basic theoretical concepts in the social sciences – an introductory course in the theory of culture and/or society completed

Course objectives: The goal for this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts, theoretical directions and research orientations that address the relationship of society & language.

Course description: This course is composed of the following parts: (1) a short history of the study of language and society – from formal linguistics to a contextual understanding of language; (2) a summary overview of the various disciplines that deal with the society-language relationship, (3) critical examination of formative and contemporary contributions to sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, along with identifying the main theoretical directions and methods; (4) illuminating certain aspects of the language-society relationship that are of particular interest to sociologists. On a practical note, this course encompasses recording of examples of real-life linguistic behaviour and analysis of these examples.

Learning Outcomes: Students will have examined thematic fields of sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, acquired an orientation in the existing literature, problems and methods, which will enable them to conduct small-scale independent research.

Literature/Reading:

• Holmes, Janet, An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, London 1992
• Trudgill, Peter, Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, Penguin 2000
• Škiljan, Dubravko, Javni jezik, XX vek, Beograd 1998
• Bugarski, Ranko, Jezik u društvu, Prosveta/XX vek, Beograd 1986.
• Bugarski, Ranko, Jezik i kultura, XX vek, Beograd 2005
• Bugarski, Ranko, Jezici (3. izdanje), Čigoja i XX vek, Beograd 1997.
• Bourdieu, Pierre, Language and Symbolic Power, ed. by John P. Thompson, Polity Press, Cambridge 2005.
• Spasić, Ivana, Sociologije svakodnevnog života, Beograd: ZUNS, 2004.
• Ber, Vivijan, Socijalni konstrukcionizam, Zepter Book, Beograd 2001
• Radovanović, Milorad, Sociolingvistika, IK Z. Stojanovića, Novi Sad 2003.
• Spolsky, Bernard, Sociolinguistics, Oxford 1998
• Gadet, Francoise, Le Français populaire, Paris: PUF, 1992
• Piper, Predrag, Srpski između velikih i malih jezika, Beograd 2004.
• Radovanović, Milorad, Planiranje jezika i drugi spisi, Sr. Karlovci: IKZS, 2004.
• Radovanović, Milorad, Spisi iz kontekstualne lingvistike, Sr. Karlovci: IKZS, 1997.
• Stojić, Svetlana, Standardizacija engleskog jezika, Beograd 2005.
• Coulmas, Florian (ed.), The Handbook of Sociolinguistics, Oxford 1997
• Klikovac, Duška i Katarina Rasulić (ur.), Jezik i saznanje, Filološki fakultet, Beograd 2003.
• Vukomanović, Slavko, Jezik, društvo, nacija, Beograd 1987.
• Milosavljević, Bojana, Forme učtivostiu srpskom jeziku, Učiteljski fakultet, Beograd 2007.
• Bugarski, Ranko, Evropa u jeziku, HH vek, Beograd 2009.
• Bugarski, Ranko, Jezik i identitet, HH vek, Beograd 2010.
• Filipović, Jelena, Moć reči: ogledi iz kritičke sociolingvistike, Filološki fakultet, Beograd 2009.
• Spolsky, Bernard, Sociolinguistics, Oxford U. Press, 1998
• Klikovac, Duška, Jezik i moć: ogledi iz sociolingvistike i stilistike, HH vek, Beograd 2008.
• Žanić, Ivo, Hrvatski na uvjetnoj slobodi: jezik, identitet i politika između Jugoslavije i Europe, FPZ, Zagreb 2007.
• Žanić, Ivo, Kako bi trebali govoriti hrvatski magarci? O sociolingvistici animiranih filmova, Algoritam, Zagreb 2009.