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Sociolinguistics

(ENG-123)

Program:
Resource Person:
Contact:
Counselling hours: 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm (Monday to Thursday)
Moellim: 02:00 to 03:30 (Saturday)
Description
The course begins by providing an introduction to micro and macro aspects of sociolinguistics. The
micro sociolinguistics draws on how social structure influences the way people talk and how
patterns of use correlated with social attributes. The macro-structure, on the other hand, explains
what societies do with their languages. There is a general argument that both perspectives are
indispensable for full understanding of language as a social phenomenon. Within micro and macro
dimensions of sociolinguistics, the course outlines major topics such as, language change, variation,
boundary marker, multilingualism, relativism, and applied sociolinguistics. In focusing on these
topics, the course familiarizes you with a range of investigative methods have been used to address
research questions. Thus, the underlying approach while covering each topic is to move gradually
from theory to practice.
The course expands over 15 weeks. The first half of the course covers both the micro and macro
aspects of sociolinguistics as outlined in the table below. The course is designed to engage you
actively in your own learning, and thus in the second half you will select a topic for presentation
from the handbook of concepts are investigated/explored by lead researchers in the field. In this
way, you will learn and consolidate you understanding over various sub-fields of sociolinguistics.
Course Objectives
 Enable you with the latest researches conducted in the area of sociolinguistics, and
 To bequeath you with skills required to conduct applicable and publishable research in the
field of sociolinguistics independently.
Program Objectives
 RAS Model: Husn ul Khulq , Rahmah and Itqan through sociolinguistic models of
communication.
 OBE: Communication skill
 Coursera: Course Title: Improve your English communication Skills

Teaching Arrangements
There will be 3-hour class in each week. This will consist of research-based pedagogy, discussion
and group analysis of selected tasks. You will be involved into discussion through critical questions
on each topic for formative assessment. In the middle of your semester, you will lead an interactive
discussion, based on your presentation on one of the topics of sociolinguistics. By the end of this
semester, you will submit the end-term paper on the topic proposed below. You will be provided to
participate in the group discussions tasks not only for your won leaning but of others also.
Teaching Resources
Textbook
1. Wardhaugh, R., & Fuller, M.J. (2015). An introduction to sociolinguistics 7th Edition.
Sussex: Wiley Blackwell.
Essential Reading
1. Ruth Wodak, Barbara Johnstone and Paul Kerswill (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of
Sociolinguistics. London: Sage Publications Ltd. 2013
Supplementary Reading(s)
1. Hudson, R.A. (2011). Sociolinguistics: An Introductions. Cambridge, UK:Cambridge
University Press.
2. Troudale, G. (2010). An introduction to sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: University of
Edinburgh Press.
3. Rehman, T. (2008). Language, Ideology and Power: Language-learning among the Muslims
of Pakistan and North India. New Delhi: Orient Longman Private Limited.
4. Holmes, J., & Hazen, K. (2014). Research methods in sociolinguistics. Sussex: Wiley
Blackwell.
Riphah Library Resources
 You must browse through the following link for Riphah library resources
Link: iportal.riphah.edu.pk
Week Topic Activities
I Introduction
 Sociolinguistics
 Sociology of language

II History
 Historical phases of sociolinguistics
III
Varieties of language

IV Speech Communities Quiz I

V Language as Dialect

VI Standard Language

VII Register Quiz II

VIII Diglossia
 IX Code Switching

X Code Mixing

XI Pidgin and Creole

XII Bilingualism, Multilingualism,

XIII Language,Culture and Thought

XIV Face, Positive Face and Negative Face

XV Recap ad the End-term

Best four quizzes will be selected for final evaluation.

Assignment
A shift from the traditional media to social media for recreating political content and seeking
information and entertainment is increasingly becoming a point of contestation and debate in
Pakistan and elsewhere. Researchers argue that internet-based form of political participation has
consolidated in recent years with social media providing publish space for free expression and
opinion formation and as a resource for mobilizing people for collective action. This noticeable
shift in the combination dynamics has a significant effect on political knowledge and political
participation in Pakistan. Following the guidelines given below write an assignment of not more
than 5000 words on “Politics of power and resistance on Social Media in Pakistan”.
Guidelines:
1. Introduction
Purpose
Implications
Objectives
Research Questions
2. Research Methodology
2.1 Theoretical Underpinning
2.2 Data Collection
2.2.1 Sample and Demographics
2.2.2 Nature of the Data
2.2.3 Ethical Considerations
2.3 Data Analysis
3. Results/ and Analysis
4. Conclusion
5. References
Follow APA style for in-text references and bibliography. Here is a link to detailed guidelines for
APA citation style: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/leraning/g_apaguide.shtml
Tables:
Tables should be included in the text of the paper. Each table should have a caption and the body.
The captionand body of the table should be single-spaced.
Figures:
Images and photos should be at least 300 dpi and should be in TIFF, EPS, or Photoshop formats
only.
Phonetics:
All phonetic characters should be provided within limited to the International Phonetic Alphabet.
DEADLINE
The paper must be submitted along with the similarity report maximum by the 13 th week of this
semester.
Assessments
Quiz 40
Presentation 10
Penal Discussion 05
Assignment 15
Final Exam 30
Grading Criteria
Relative, however the passing marks are 60 percent.
Presentation & Communication Content Understanding Response to
Penal Discussion (4 Marks) Covered of Content questions
(20 Marks) (4 Marks) (08 Marks) (04 Marks)
Poor* 1 1 2 1
Satisfactory** 2 2 4 2
Proficient *** 3 4 6 3
Distinguished
End-term Tasks achieved Coherence and Lexical Grammatical
(30 Marks) (10 Marks) Cohesion Resource Accuracy
(6 Marks) (7 Marks) (7 Marks)
Poor 2 1 1 1

Satisfactory 5 3 3 3
Proficient 8 5 5 5
Distinguished 10 6 7 7

Program Brief
Program Mission Statement
Program Objectives
DE Policies
 Attendance at lectures is mandatory.Students may not arrive late or leave the class early
without the instructor’spermission or they may be marked absent for the class.
 Students are expected to prepare for the upcoming class by consulting the course outline or
the instructor and come to classhaving read the material to be discussed. They must also
bring the text(s) being studied to class that day in the form prescribed by the instructor (for
example, a hard copy instead of an electronic one).
 Students must proofread their assignments for errors before handing them in.
 Plagiarism (intended or unintended) will lead to a failing grade. Students must familiarize
themselves with ways to avoid plagiarism at:
https://owlenglish.pudue.edu/owl/resouce/589/01/
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late assignments. If, in exceptional circumstances, an instructor accepts late work at his or
her discretion, a minimum of one mark will be deducted from the assignments for each day
that the assignment is late. Instructors may set more rigorousguidelines for their respective
courses.
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