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KS Linguistic Variety and Cultural Difference (AE_KSLVCD) [Import]

Lecturers
PD Dr. Karin Höpker, Dr. Brigitta Mittmann

Details
Kombiseminar
4 cred.h, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Tue 16:15 - 17:45, A 603 (Bismarckstr. 1); Mon 8:15 - 9:45, C 303

Prerequisites / Organisational information
Das Kombiseminar gehört zu folgendem Modul:
  • BA English and American Studies (neu): Zwischenmodul I: Thematisches Kombiseminar

Zulassungsvoraussetzung: bestandene GOP
Scheinerwerb: mündliche Prüfung

Contents
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.

Recommended literature
Study materials will be made available on StudOn.
Please acquire and read in advance: Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Penguin.

Additional information
Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 15
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Monday, 19.3.2018, 19:00 and lasts till Saturday, 31.3.2018, 23:59 über: mein Campus.

Department: Chair of English Philology and Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Herbst)
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