To introduce students to language variation and change in modern English.
Contents
Aspects of social, regional and stylistic variation in English, and also the kinds of change that may take place in a language over time, focusing on examples taken from present-day English.
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Alternatively: an examination on the books specified under Study materials.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Coursework: texts and questions provided each week.
Required reading for the book exam: Bauer, Laurie (1994). Watching English Change (chapters 2,3, and 4); Trudgill, Peter (2000). Sociolinguistics. 4th edition.