Middlebury

SPAN6704AA-L12

Intro to Sociolinguistics

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN BUENOS AIRES

This course is an introduction to sociolinguistic theory and its application to issues related to Spanish in the contexts of Spain, Latin America, and the United States. It will focus on both quantitative and qualitative research on language variation and language contact in the Spanish-speaking world. We will discuss basic concepts and principles of contemporary sociolinguistics (language vs. dialect; language variation; mechanism of language change; diatopical variation; social variation; etc.) We will also identify and discuss methodologies for sociolinguistic research (participant observation; selection of speech community/speakers; socio-economic variables; taping conversations; collecting, organizing, and analyzing sociolinguistic data). (1 unit)

Required text: Silva-Corvalán, Carmen: Sociolingüística y pragmática del español (Washington: Georgetown UP, 2001) (available at the Middlebury College Bookstore in Vermont).
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60618
Subject Code:
SPAN
Course Number:
6704A
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SPAN 6704A

All Sections in Summer 2012, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2012, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6704AA-L12 Lecture (Symeonidis)