IBH 1AC3
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
Winter 2026 · Intro To Language And Society · C01
Readings
- Materials Available Through Library Ereserves
Winter 2026 · C01
Topics
- Intro to course, What is Sociolinguistics?
- Intro to Language Variation
- Languages, Dialects, Varieties.
- Regional Variation.
- Social Variation 1: Methods & Analysis
- Review
- Social Variation
- Language Change
- Languages in Contact: Codes in Multilingual Societies
- Contact Languages (Pidgins and Creoles)
Readings
- An Introduction to SociolinguisticsJohn Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
- Language in Society : An Introduction to SociolinguisticsOxford University Press, Incorporated
- Intro to course, What is Sociolinguistics?
- Intro to Language Variation
- Languages, Dialects, Varieties.
- Regional Variation.
- Social Variation 1: Methods & Analysis
- Review
- READING WEEK
- Social Variation
- Language Change
- Languages in Contact: Codes in Multilingual Societies
- Contact Languages (Pidgins and Creoles)
Winter 2026
Topics
- Sociolinguistics
- Regional and social language variation
- Situational language variation
- Language and gender
- Language and power
- Multilingualism
- Language change
- Pidgin and creole languages
- Language and perception
Readings
- An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store reading list ↗Winter 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Winter 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Winter 2026
- Some readings or course materials are supplied through Avenue to Learn; public bibliographic details may be incomplete. Readings or materials are mentioned without a public bibliographic title in this field.