1. Introduction to Language and Society Course Textbook
Trudgill, Peter Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books.
For the most part, the PowerPoint slides for this course come from this book.
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2. Outline of Fromkin, Rodman & Hyams, Chapter 10: Language in Society
Dialects
Accents
Dialects of English
Phonological Differences
Lexical Differences
Syntactic Differences
Standard Language
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams An Introduction to Language, 7th edition. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth.
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3. Outline of Fromkin, Rodman & Hyams, Chapter 10: Language in Society
Banned Languages
Revival of Languages
African American English
Pidgins and Creoles
Styles, Slang, and Jargon
Taboo Language
Language, Sex, and Gender
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams An Introduction to Language, 7th edition. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth.
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4. Sociolinguistic Course Goals
Teach you something that may change the way you look at language use.
Help you avoid misunderstandings between people from different cultures.
Help you avoid giving offense.
 Help you avoid being offended.
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5. Language Uses  Communicate information  Establish relationships
 Maintain relationships
 Evaluate/Assess people (their status)
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6. Pronunciation (Accent)  Vocabulary  Syntax (Grammar)
Linguistic Variation
Pronunciation (Accent)
 Vocabulary
 Syntax (Grammar)
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7. Taiwan and Beijing Mandarin Differences 1
Pronunciation
Retroflexes ㄓ ㄔ ㄕ / ㄗ ㄘ ㄙ
Use of –r suffix -兒
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8. Taiwan and Beijing Mandarin Differences 2
Vocabulary
Locative suffixes: 上 面 ( 邊 / 頭)
words for tomato, taxi, potato, etc.
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9. Taiwan and Beijing Mandarin Differences 3
Syntax
Past A-not-A Questions
你 有 沒 有 吃 蘋 果？
Resultative Verb A-not-A Questions
你 聽 不 聽 得 懂？
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10. Social Factors in Language Variation
Hometown
Education
Status in society
Age
 Gender
 Formality of situation
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11. Communicative Competence (Based on Hymes)
Grammatical Competence
2. Sociolinguistic Competence
3. Discourse Competence
4. Strategic Competence
Oxford, Rebecca L Language Learning Strategies. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers, p. 7.
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