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    This document provides a syllabus for a sociolinguistics course at the University of Skikda Department of Foreign Languages. The syllabus outlines topics that will be covered in the course, including introductions to key concepts in sociolinguistics, the works of influential sociolinguists like Ferguson, Fishman, and Labov, language variation and change, Bernstein's theories of language codes, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, language styles and registers, and factors that determine language use. The course is aimed at third year English majors and will examine how language interacts with society.

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    This document provides a syllabus for a sociolinguistics course at the University of Skikda Department of Foreign Languages. The syllabus outlines topics that will be covered in the course, including introductions to key concepts in sociolinguistics, the works of influential sociolinguists like Ferguson, Fishman, and Labov, language variation and change, Bernstein's theories of language codes, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, language styles and registers, and factors that determine language use. The course is aimed at third year English majors and will examine how language interacts with society.

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    University of Skikda

    Department of foreign languages


    English
    Level: 3rd year
    Subject: linguistics
    Mr. Bouafia
    Syllabus of Sociolinguistics

    1/ Introduction to sociolinguistics
    Definitions, Scope, and Basic concepts˸ Speech community, linguistic
    repertoire, linguistic variable, variety
    2/ Ferguson and Fishman: Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language
     Pidgins, creoles
     Diglossia
     Bilingualism
     code switching
     mixed languages and borrowing
    3/ William Labov: The Study of Language Variation and Change
     Types of Language Variation
    Internal Variation
    External Variation
     Language varieties, Dialect
    Standard languages
    Variety
    Language Vs. Dialect
    Regional Dialect vs Social Dialect
    4/ Bernstein: Elaborated and Restricted Codes and Social Class
    5/ Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis
     The Strong Version - Linguistic Determinism
     The Weak Version - Linguistic Relativity
    6/ Language Styles and Registers
     The function of language styles
     Register
     Types of Registers
    8/ Factors determining language use
     The setting
     The topic
     Social dimension and culture
     Gender

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