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| Semester | spring semester 2014 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Danièle Klapproth Muazzin (daniele.klapproth@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Language socialisation (LS) is understood as socialisation through language and into language, both in childhood (where it is intertwined with language acquisition) and across the lifespan, whenever individuals become socialised into novel activities, identities, languages and/or social institutions. In this seminar we will adopt discourse-analytical and ethnographic perspectives to engage with both theory and method of LS research. We will be particularly concerned with the interplay of micro-interactional processes and macro-cultural phenomena and will explore LS with respect to such issues and fields as language acquisition across cultures, social inclusion/exclusion, language ideologies, gender, schooling, etc.; as well as with respect to various discourse genres and phenomena (such as narrative, family dinner talk, verbal play, stance-taking, etc.) |
| Learning objectives | Through their critical engagement with LS research from a wide variety of social and cultural contexts students should develop a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of language, socialisation and communicative/cultural competence, and of the interplay of structure and agency in LS processes. |
| Bibliography | Texts will be made available on ISIS. |
| Weblink | ISIS |
| Admission requirements | MA level |
| Course application | Please register for this course in MOnA and ISIS. In addition, to register for this course students must send an email to Daniele.Klapproth(at)unibas.ch. The number of participants is restricted to 25 (the registration by email counts). |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul English Sociolinguistics & Cognitive Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul Research in English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Soziolinguistik (Master's degree program: Language and Communication (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Sprache als Prozess (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Reading assignments, active participation and presentation, written assignment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |