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1 Sociolinguistics -ENG510 VU _____ Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan 1 Sociolinguistics (ENG510) Sociolinguistics -ENG510 VU _____ Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan 2 Table of Contents Lesson No. Lesson Title Topics Pg. No. Lesson No. 1 INTRODUCTION TO Sociolinguistics What is Sociolinguistics ? 001 8-9 Some Definitions of Sociolinguistics 002 9 Sociolinguistics and Linguistics 003 9-10 Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language 004 10 Sociolinguistics and Other Disciplines 005 10-11 Lesson No. 2 sociolinguistic PHENOMENA sociolinguistic Phenomena and an Imaginary World 006 12-13 sociolinguistic Phenomena and a Real but Exotic World 007 13-14 sociolinguistic Phenomena and a Real and Familiar World 008 15 sociolinguistic Phenomena and We 009 15-16 sociolinguistic Phenomena and the Changing World 010 16 Lesson No.

2 3 Sociolinguistics AND VARIETIES OF LANGUAGE The Question of Varieties of Language in Sociolinguistics 011 17-18 What Are Linguistics Items? 012 18 The Terms- Variety and Lect 013 18 Types and Significance of Varieties of Language 014 19 Attitude towards Language Varieties 015 19 Lesson No. 4 SPEECH COMMUNITIES What Are Speech Communities? 016 20 Some Definitions of Speech Communities 017 21 Intersecting Communities 018 21-22 Rejecting the Idea of Speech Communities 019 23 Networks and Repertoires 020 23-24 Lesson No. 5 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND VARIATION- I sociolinguistic Constraints on language Contact 021 25 Wave Model of Language Contact and Change 022 26 Spatial Diffusion by Gravity 023 27 Access to the Codes 024 27-28 Rigidity of the Social Matrix 025 29-30 Lesson No.

3 6 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND VARIATION- II Variables and Variants 026 31 Types of Variables and Variants 027 31-32 Synchronic Variation 028 33 Diachronic Variation 029 33-34 Possibility of Predicting Language Change and Variation 030 34-35 Lesson No. 7 SOME CONCEPTS RELATED TO LANGUAGE VARIETIES Difference Between a Language and a Dialect 031 36 Sociolinguistics -ENG510 VU _____ Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan 3 Some Examples of Dialects 032 36-37 Standard Languages 033 38-39 The Delimitation of Languages 034 39 The Family Tree Model 035 39-40 Lesson No. 8 LANGUAGE AND DIALECTS I Regional Dialects 036 41 Social Dialects 037 41-42 Idiolects 038 42 Dialects and Identity 039 42-43 Study of Dialects in Sociolinguistics 040 43-44 Lesson No.

4 9 LANGUAGE AND DIALECTS II Language and Dialect in Papua New Guinea 041 45-46 Language and Dialect in Europe 042 46 Language and Dialects in Africa 043 46-47 Language and Dialects in Pakistan 044 47-48 Language in Society 045 48-49 Lesson No. 10 SOME THEORETICAL WORK IN Sociolinguistics Regional Dialectology 046 50 The Work of Labov 047 50-51 Martha s Vineyard 048 51-53 Developments in the Study of Language Variation 049 53-54 Further Insights into the Study of Language Variation 050 54 Lesson No. 11 REGISTER AND Sociolinguistics -I What is a Register? 051 55 Some Examples of Register 052 56 How a Register is Different from a Dialect 053 56-57 What is Jargon? 054 57-58 Difference in a Register and Jargon 055 58-59 Lesson No.

5 12 REGISTER AND SOCIOLINGUSTICS-II What is Accent? 056 60 Accents vs. Dialect 057 60-62 What is Style? 058 62-63 Register vs. Style 059 63-64 Speech communities and communicative competence 060 64-65 Lesson No. 13 sociolinguistic CODES AND BILINGUALISM The Term-Code 061 66 Bilingualism 062 66-67 Bilinguality vs. Bilingualism 063 67 Bi/Multilingualism and Sociolinguistics 064 67-68 Measuring Bilingualism 065 68-69 Lesson No. 14 Sociolinguistics AND USE OF CODES Code Switching and Sociolinguistics 066 70-71 Sociolinguistics -ENG510 VU _____ Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan 4 Code Mixing and Sociolinguistics 067 71-72 Tag Switching 068 72 Why Code Switching and Mixing?

6 069 72-73 Hybridization 070 73-74 Lesson No. 15 SOCIAL CORRELATES AND Sociolinguistics Social Class as a Social Correlate 071 75-76 Gender as a Social Correlate 072 76-77 Age as a Social Correlate 073 77-78 Ethnic Varieties as Social Correlates 074 79-80 Speech Communities, Social Networks and Communities of Practice 075 80-84 Lesson No. 16 SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND Sociolinguistics Language and Identity 076 85 Dialects and identity 077 85-86 Language, Style Variation and Socio-Psychological Factors 078 86-87 Politeness and Sociolinguistics 079 87 Power in Sociolinguistics 080 88 Lesson No.

7 17 SOCIO-POLITICAL FACTORS AND Sociolinguistics Language and Ideology 081 89 The Ideology of Standard Language 082 89-90 Multilingual Societies and Status of Languages 083 90 Language and Education 084 91 Language Policy and Planning 085 92-94 Lesson No. 18 LANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGY: EXAMPLES FROM THE WORLD The History of Galim 086 95 Language in North and South Korea 087 96-97 Language in Great Britain 088 97 Language in the USA 089 97-98 Language in Canada 090 98 Lesson No. 19 TERMS RELATED TO LANGUAGE CHANGE I Language Change and Maintenance 091 99-100 Language Shift 092 100-102 Language Desertion 093 102 Language Death 094 103-104 Language Accommodation 095 104-105 Lesson No. 20 TERMS RELATED TO LANGUAGE CHANGE II Pidgin 096 106-107 Creole 097 107-109 Origins and Structures of Pidgins and Creoles 098 109-110 The Creole Continuum 099 110-111 Pidgins and Creoles in Social Context 100 112 Lesson No.

8 21 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION: A sociolinguistic PERSPECTIVE Ethnography of Communication 101 113-114 Sociolinguistics -ENG510 VU _____ Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan 5 Aspects of Linguistic Communication 102 114 Non-linguistic Communication and Sociolinguistics 103 114-115 Paralinguistic Communication and Sociolinguistics 104 115-116 Utterances and their Meanings in Context 105 116 Lesson No. 22 SPEECH AND SOCIAL INTERACTION The Ethnography of Speaking 106 117-118 Politeness and Social Interaction 107 118 Politeness Strategies in Language 108 118-122 sociolinguistic Competence and Performance 109 122 sociolinguistic Competence and Language Choice 110 122 Lesson No.

9 23 LANGUAGE, THOUGHT AND CULTURE Sapir Whorf Hypothesis 111 123 Linguistic Relativism and Conservatism 112 124 Linguistic Imperialism 113 124-125 Linguistic Rights 114 126-127 Language Rights at Different Levels and Places 115 128 Lesson No. 24 NON- STANDARD LANGUAGE What is Slang? 116 128 What are Clich s? 117 128-129 Local Proverbs and Idioms in Sociolinguistics 118 129 Functions of Non- standard Language 119 130 Examples of Non- standard Language from English 120 130-131 Lesson No. 25 DIGLOSSIA What is Diglossia? 121 132 Diglossia and the Social Hierarchy 122 133 Extended Concept of Diglossia 123 133 Examples of Diglossia 124 133 Diglossia and Language Shift 125 133-34 Lesson No.

10 26 MEDIA AND Sociolinguistics Language, Media and Society: The Trio 126 135 Power of Media and Language Choices 127 135 Print Media and Sociolinguistics 128 135-136 Electronic Media and Sociolinguistics 129 136 Global Media and Sociolinguistics 130 136 Lesson No. 27 SOCIAL MEDIA AND Sociolinguistics What is Social Media? 131 137-138 Emerging Social Media Trends 132 138 Social Media and Sociolinguistics 133 138-139 Social Networks and Language 134 139-140 Social Media in Pakistan 135 140 Lesson No. 28 SOCIAL MEDIA AND WRITING PRACTICES Sociolinguistics -ENG510 VU _____ Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan 6 Social Media and Unusual Spellings 136 141 Social Media and Change in Language 137 142 Writing on Social Media and Use of Non-linguistic Features 138 143-144 Impact of Social Media on English Language 139 144-145 Social Media and Writing Practices in Pakistan 140 145 Lesson No.