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Kombiseminar Linguistic Varieties and Cultural Difference

Dozentinnen/Dozenten
Peter Uhrig, Dr. Katrin Horn

Angaben
Kombiseminar
2 SWS
Zeit und Ort: Di 14:15 - 15:45, 16:15 - 17:45, C 303

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
Das Kombiseminar Linguistic Varieties and Cultural Difference kann wie folgt verwendet werden: BA English and American Studies (neu): "Zwischenmodul I: Thematisches Kombiseminar" (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: bestandene GOP)

Inhalt
The linguistic part of this course provides an introduction to varieties of English, focussing on regional and social variation in the UK and the US. Topics include methods of dialectology, speech communities and social networks, language variation and gender, bi- and multilingualism, diglossia, code-switching, language change, attitudes to language variation, and language and power.The literary and cultural studies part provides an introduction to concepts and categories of (cultural) difference such as race, gender, sexuality and class. Constructions of difference will be analyzed in the realm of cultural production including literature, film, and popular culture.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Institution: Lehrstuhl für Anglistik, insbesondere Linguistik
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