THE SYLLABUS OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS
BASIC COMPETENCIES
It is hoped that students will understand the conception and application of language usage dealing with its cultural aspects and its objectives.
INDICATORS OF COMPETENCY:
It is hoped that students will be able to:
| 1 | Understand the scope of sociolinguistics |
| 2 | Know and understand the concept and the instances of Language variation |
| 3 | Understand about the Regional and social dialect |
| 4 | Understand about the concept and the form of Speech acts |
| 5 | Understand about the Language and culture |
| 6 | Understand about Language class and social class |
| 7 | Understand about language in the perspective of Sex and politeness |
| 8 | Understand the concept and examples of Code switching and code mixing; borrowing |
| 9 | Understand the concept of Bilingualism and diglosia |
| 10 | Understand the concept of Language change, along with the concept of Pidgin and creole |
| 11 | Understand and make analysis of the concept of National languages and languange planning |
| 12 | make a Sociolinguistic analysis |
