Language and Society

Ayari, S. (1996). Diglossia and illiteracy in the Arab World. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 9(3), 2, pp. 43–253.
https://www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/doi/abs/10.1080/07908319609525233

Bayley, R. (2013). Variationist Sociolinguistics. In The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Ed. Oxford Handbooks (online edn), pp. 11-30. Online version provided by GU University library: https://academic-oup-com.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/edited-volume/28007/chapter/211773978

Beatty-Martínez AL, Navarro-Torres CA and Dussias PE. (2020). Codeswitching: A Bilingual Toolkit for Opportunistic Speech Planning. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(1699), pp. 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01699

Brdarević-Čeljo, A, Ahmetović, E. and Bajić, E. (2024). Variation in attitudes towards codeswitching and codeswitching frequency among multilingual speakers. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45(5), pp. 1493-1508, DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2021.1983580. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2021.1983580

Ekberg, L. (2009). The national minority languages in Sweden – their status in legislation and in practice. http://efnil.nytud.hu/documents/conference-publications/dublin-2009/12-Dublin-Ekberg-Mother.pdf

Holmes, J., Wilson, N. (2022). An introduction to sociolinguistics (6th edition). Routledge. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY. Approximately 50 pages to be read.

Hult, F. M. (2012). English as a Transcultural Language in Swedish Policy and Practice. TESOL Quarterly 46, pp. 230-257. doi: 10.1002/tesq.19

Johns, M. A. (2021). Is codeswitching easy or difficult? Testing processing cost through the prosodic structure of bilingual speech. *Cognition *211, pp. 1-6.

Ricento, T. (2013). Language policy, ideology, and attitudes in english-dominant countries. In R. Bayley, R. Cameron, & C. Lucas (Eds.),* Language policy, ideology, and attitudes in english-dominant countries *Vol. 1, pp. 525–544. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199744084.013.0026

Shaaban, K. (2006). Language policies and language planning. In C. H. M. Versteegh (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Vol. 3, pp. 694–707. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/10.1163/1570-6699_eall_EALL_COM_vol2_0089

In addition to the obligatory literature, there will be a selection of articles and book chapters for three individual assignments, one on each part of the course. The selection is made through consultation between teacher and student.

Recommended literature:

Trudgill, P. (2003). A glossary of sociolinguistics. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press.