The course will provide an overview of the topic of language contact, both in terms of multilingual speakers, communities and repertoires, and in terms of contact phenomena in discourse and language systems. A methodological basis for data collection in the context of language contact will also be provided.
Course Prerequisites
No prerequisites required
Teaching Methods
Lectures, slides, analysis of linguistic material.
Assessment Methods
Written paper
Texts
Cargile A. C., Giles H. (1997). Understanding language attitudes: Exploring listener affect and identity. Language and Communication, 17(3), 195–217. [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0271530997000165] Matras, Yaron. 2007. Contact, connectivity and language evolution. In: Rehbein, Jochen, Hohenstein, Christiane & Pietsch, Lukas. eds. Connectivity in Grammar and Discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 51-74.[https://yaronmatras.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/matras-y.-2007-contact-connectivity-and-language-evolution.pdf] Matras, Yaron, and Alex Robertson. 2015. Multilingualism in a post-industrial city: policy and practice in Manchester. Current Issues in Language Planning. 16, 296-314 [https://yaronmatras.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/matrasrobertson2015-copy.pdf] Muysken, Pieter. C. 2006. Mixed codes. In: Auer, Peter & Wei, L. (eds.), Multilingual communication. Berlin: De Gruyter. 303- 328. [https://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/handle/2066/43052/268171.pdf]
Contents
The course will be divided into four lessons:
1) Languages in contact: multilingual speakers and repertoires (1) 2) Languages in contact: multilingual speakers and repertoires (2) 3) Language contact phenomena: from discourse to system 4) “Doing Sociolinguistics”: data collection and analysis in language contact situations
