L- E- L- A-10082- Varieties-of- English课件.pptVIP

LELA 10082Varieties of English Harold Somers Professor of Language Engineering Office: Lamb 1.15 */18 Varieties of English The aim of this course is to show you how English varies regionally and socially, and to introduce you to the basic methods and concepts required for the study of language variation and change in progress. Accents and dialects Style and “register” Case studies, but also methods and concepts */18 Topics Language, dialect, “idiolect” Languages in contact: speech communities regional and social variation language change language and society Describing language/dialect differences phonology, lexis, grammar Studying dialects: how is data gathered and analysed? */18 Topics (cont.) Style and “register” Language use is defined by purpose as well as region Language codes marked by lexis and grammar LSP, “sublanguage” Can we measure style? Literary stylistics; authorship studies Forensic linguistics */18 Reading matter Readings will be recommended in connection with specific topics Some main recommendations: A. Hughes, P. Trudgill and D. Watt. English Accents and Dialects: An introduction to social and regional varieties of English in the British Isles. (4th edition) London (2005) Hodder Arnold. P. Trudgill. Dialects. London (1994) Routledge. R. Wardhaugh. An introduction to sociolinguistics. (2nd edition) Oxford (1992) Blackwell N. Coupland and A. Jaworksi (eds) Sociolinguistics: A reader and coursebook. Basingstoke (1997) Macmillan. [contains various articles which will be mentioned later] */18 Assessment No coursework Multiple-choice exam in summer Don’t look at last year’s exam I have taken over this course My syllabus is quite different from last year’s Questions will be based on material covered in lectures */18 Lecture notes Lecture notes will be available on website http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/harold.somers/LELA10082/ Alternatively: Go via School home page Or via search engine */18 Language, dialect, idiolect What is a lang