Sociolinguistics is concerned with language in its social and cultural context. It focuses, for example, on how people with different social identities (e.g., gender, age, race, ethnicity, class) use language, and how their speech changes in different situations. Other areas of interest are linguistic diversity, that is, the co-existence of several varieties in a community, and the role of language in social life (including its relationships to power, identity and ideology). In this class, we will focus on core concepts and methods in sociolinguistics, emphasizing interactional linguistic aspects of the discipline.
- Lehrende/r: Maximiliane Frobenius
Semester: WiSe 2022/23