15-LT-SOC1-VE-EL-11
This course be devoted to regional variation in English at all levels of language structure. In other words, it will be about “dialects of English”, but other social sources of variation (such as social class or gender) will also be discussed. During the first meetings, we will get an overview of some basic notions in linguistics, sociolinguistics, variation studies and dialectology. We will then move on to study examples from real data obtained mainly from electronic sources. Time permitting, we may also explore some adjacent topics, such as the importance of dialects in culture, and the consequences of variability for L2 learners.
- Teacher: Jarosław Weckwerth
- Teacher: Paulina Zydorowicz