Mersin University ENGLISH LINGUISTICS PROGRAM COURSE OUTLINE COURSE INFORMATION Year Semester Course Code Course Title Instructor 2013-2014 Spring İDB 306 Sociolinguistics Ast. Prof. Dr. Pınar İBE AKCAN OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE This course aims to introduce the students with the basic concepts of sociolinguistics as a macro-field of linguistics. WEEKLY TOPICS DATE 11.02.2014 18.02.2014 25.02.2014 04.03.2014 11.03.2014 18.03.2014 25.03.2014 01.04.2014 08.04.2014 15.04.2014 22.04.2014 28.04.2014 05.05.2014 REFERENCES Readings GRADING Mid-Term Final TOPIC READING Introduction to the course Language in social contexts Language variation and social distinction: Place, time Isolation: Physical, linguistic, social Contact: Contact languages, code switching, lingua franca, pidgin, creole. Distinctions within a community: Class, social stratification, social network, ethnicity, gender. MID-TERM Gender in Turkish Register, slang and jargon Mutual intelligibility of languages Dialects in Turkish Teaching Turkish Turkish Language Reform Revision --O’Grady, W. et al. O’Grady, W. et al. O’Grady, W. et al.---Wardhaugh R. O’Grady, W. et al.---Wardhaugh R. --Braun, F. Hudson, G. Tekin, T. Şen, M. Schroeder, C. Aksan, D. --- Aksan, D. 1994. Türk Dil Devriminin kendine özgü yönleri. Uygulamalı dilbilim açısından Türkçenin görünümleri. TDK Yayınları. Braun, F. 2001. The communication of gender in Turkish. Gender across languages. George Benjamins. Hudson, G. 2000. Essential introductory linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell. İmer, K. 1997. Türkçe Lazca konuşan ikidillilerde kod değiştirimi. VIII. Uluslararası Türk Dilbilim Konferansı Bildirileri. Ankara Üniversitesi. Scroeder, C. 2006. Hangi Türkçe? Anadili ve yabancı dil olarak Türkçe ve batı Avrupa’da Türkçe eğitimi. In Menz, A. and C, Scroeder. 2006. Türkiye’de dil tartışmaları. İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Şen, M. 2006. Bölgesel ağızlara karşı tutumlar. Türkiyede Dil Tartışmaları. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Tekin, T. 1978. Türkçe ile Kazakça arasında karşılıklı anlaşılabilirlik. Genel Dilbilim Dergisi. Wardhaugh R. 1986. An introduction to sociolinguistics. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. % 100 50 exam % 50 presentation Total 100 100 STUDENT REQUIREMENTS         It is the student’s responsibility to record and follow his own attendance. (For the percentages, refer to the University’s Education Guide.) Students should not enter the classroom after the class has been started. Students who do not bring their course materials are not allowed to enter the class. Cell phones should be turned off, or set to vibrate for emergency during the class. Camera, tape or video recording is not allowed if not stated otherwise. Assignments should be prepared in accordance with the Department’s Assignment, Research Paper and Thesis (A.R.T.) Preparation Guide.(can be accessed from the department’s site; http://www.mersindilbilim.info) It is the student’s responsibility to practice the highest standards of academic honesty. Cheating, plagiarism and any other form of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Assignments submitted later than the indicated dates are not accepted. Deadlines should strictly be followed. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain missed information from another student not from the instructor.