Multilingualism: Individual and societal perspectives on language contact

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Cursusdoel

After completing this course students are able to:
  • interpret language contact phenomena in the appropriate social context,
  • explain advanced literature in the field of language contact, bilingualism, and the interface with the field of ethnicity and identity,
  • deliver oral and written presentations defending their viewpoint on a topic within language contact and change,
  • apply and test the studied theories in new situations to solve problems making use of suitable research methods and techniques.
  • read in a reflexive and critical manner.

Vakinhoudelijk

The course treats the linguistic processes in language contact situations and how these relate to both societal and individual aspects of multilingualism. The first part of the course introduces the concepts of sociolinguistics that are needed to address issues of multilingualism and language contact, while the last part of the course develops this interdisciplinary perspective further by treating as a case study the island of Aruba, where multiple languages are spoken by overlapping linguistic communities.

Societal structures and linguistic structures each play a role in the consequences of language contact. In some contact situations, a language undergoes a process of language shift, while in others, a language maintains its form and position in society. The processes of language shift and language maintenance are subject to societal and political factors, including the ways in which a government gives direction to linguistic developments via language planning measures, and these will be one focus in the first portion of the course. A second focus will be the individual and linguistic consequences of language contact. Examples of such consequences include the influence of languages in contact on each other lexically, phonologically and grammatically; language mixing, including code-switching (the use of more than one language in a conversational setting); the emergence of new languages and ‘foreigner talk’, the way in which native speakers of a language attempt to make themselves more understandable to less fluent speakers. Also relevant are the outcomes of second language acquisition and the consequences for education of language contact.




Werkvormen

UCU hum 3 course

Toetsing

Participation

Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5

Assignments

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Paper (part 1)

Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5

Paper (part 2)

Verplicht | Weging 25% | ECTS 1,88

Presentation

Verplicht | Weging 5% | ECTS 0,38

*midterm FEEDBACK*

Niet verplicht

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Voertalen

  • Engels

Competenties

  • Interdisciplinariteit
  • Kritisch lezen
  • Onderzoeksvaardigheden

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
BOEK Wardhaugh, Ronald, and Janet M Fuller. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. 7th edition, Wiley Blackwell, 2015. (available online as e-book via UU Library, https://utrechtuniversity.on.worldcat.org/oclc/905565563) Articles available via UU library

Aanbevolen materiaal

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Coördinator

dr. J.C. Ballantyne PhD J.C.Ballantyne@uu.nl

Docenten

Y.Z. White y.z.white@uu.nl
dr. J.C. Ballantyne PhD J.C.Ballantyne@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

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