Learning outcomes

To introduce students to the study of Finnish dialects, spoken language and language variation from the point of view of dialectology, sociolinguistics and other studies of variation.

Contents

Finnish dialects, spoken language and language variation and change; spoken language analysis practices.

Teaching methods

Lectures and assignments.

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Grade based on the level of proficiency concerning acquired information and its applications.

Recommended year of study

2. year autumn

Study materials

Additional literature selected by the teacher. Ronald Wardhaugh, An introduction to sociolinguistics. Blackwell texbooks in linguistics. 2001; Martti Rapola, Johdatus suomen murteisiin. SKS. 1990; J.K. Chambers & Peter Trudgill, Dialectology. Cambridge textbooks in linguistics. 1998; Lauri Kettunen, Suomen murteet. Murrekartasto. SKS. 1981.

Belongs to following study modules