L 303 Phonology I

L305 Sociolinguistics II

Course Objectives:

1.     Expanding the students’ knowledge and understanding of sociolinguistic theories, concepts and terminologies.

2.     Creating an interest in sociolinguistic research and its methodologies.

3.      Applying sociolinguistic theories and concepts by observations in their sociolinguistic environment which are accounted for and discussed in exercises and assignments.

Course Outcomes:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1.     Understand the above mentioned sociolinguistic theories, concepts and terminologies.

2.     Know about some sociolinguistic research methods.

3.     Apply sociolinguistic theories and concepts by means of assignments and exercises that entail data collection and analysis.

Course Content:

1.     The history of sociolinguistics and sociolinguistic research.

2.     Relations between language and society, prescriptivism, standardization, speech vs. writing, societies and speech communities

3.     Regional and social dialectology with fieldwork methods.

4.     Language choice and code-switching.

5.     Language in interaction.

6.     Language and gender.

7.     Language policy and planning, with focus on the present language policy of Sudan.

8.     Language and power discuss critical language awareness, the language of the super powers, and resistance to powerful language (anti-language).

9.     Sociolinguistics and education.

Methods of Assessment:

1.     Course Work (Assignments)                                                      30%

2.     Final Exam                                                                                 70%       

References/Text books:

1.     Mesthrie, R., Swann, J., Deumert, A. and Leap, W.L. (2000). Introducing Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

2.     Meyerhoff, M. (2006). Introducing Sociolinguistics. Routledge: London and New York.

L 307 Psycholinguistics

L 309 Applied Linguistics

301 Elementary Grammatical Analysis I

Objectives of the course:

1-Giving students a clear sense of what grammar is, with a focus on the grammar of English and other selected languages. 
2- Having students perform grammatical analysis in order to learn about the relationship between morphology and syntax.

Course content 

1-Introduction 

2.    The structure of words.
3.    The structure of sentences.
4.    Words belonging to different classes.
5.    Heads and their dependents.
6.    Phrases.
7.    Identification of constituents.