Sociolinguistics

The main aim of the course is to introduce students to the development and basic areas of sociolinguis-tics as a recent interdisciplinary linguistic science, as well as to the achievements and open questions of Slovene sociolinguistics. The presentation of meth-odological approaches and techniques is intended as an introduction to independent research work.

There are no special prerequisites for enrolment.

The course will introduce students to:
(1) the terminological apparatus (language and language community, dialect and literary language, diglossia, idiolect and sociolect, bilingualism, plurilingualism, multilingualism, linguistic variables, etc.);
(2) the core areas (language policy and planning, languages in contact, genre theory, variability linguistics, ethnography of language, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, etc.); and
(3) sociolinguistic research methodology and techniques (guided interviews, questionnaires, participant observation, recording and transcription of spontaneous speech, etc.).
The basic research areas of Slovene sociolinguistics (language policy and planning, languages in contact, genre theory) will be presented and evaluated in the context of the development of the discipline.

Readings:

1. Holmes, Janet; Wilson, Nick 2022: An introduction to sociolinguistics. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
2. Darquennes, Jeroen (ed.); Salmons, C. Joseph (ed.); Vandenbussche, Wim (ed.) 2018: Language Contact. An International Handbook. Volume 1. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton
3. Izbrane razprave iz slovenske sociolingvistike

Students learn the basic concepts of sociolinguistics. They are able to design, conduct and evaluate simple sociolinguistic research (e.g. attitudinal survey, ob-servation of speech behaviour, analysis of recorded linguistic material).

Homework, two colloquia during the year, a research paper presented in a seminar. Suc-cessful completion of the colloquia and the seminar paper are prerequisites for admission to the examination. 30% colloquium, 30% seminar paper, 40% oral examination.

Danila Zuljan Kumar is associate professor of linguistics at the School of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica and a research associate at ZRC SAZU's Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. Her research topics include Slovene dialectology, sociolinguistics and geolinguistics. She is the co-author of Slovene Lin-guistic Atlases 1, 2, and 3, author of two and co-editor of several scientific monographs.

• ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila. Change in the discursive practices of bilingual speakers after moving to a monolingual environment. Razprave in gradivo : revija za narodnostna vprašanja. [Tiskana izd.]. 2022, no. 88, str. 67-85.

• ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila. V: SCETTI, Fabio (ur.), et al. Vitalité sociolinguistique des langues des massifs montagneux : Alpes et Caucase. 1re éd. Roma: Aracne, 2022. Str. 263-283, zvd., fotogr. Lingue dʼEuropa e del Mediterraneo, 17, Sezione 4, Sociolinguistica.

• ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila. Identity and discursive practices of Friulians and Slovenes in the Province of Udine, Italy, in recent decades. Dialectologia : revista electrònica. 2020, nr. 24, str. 273-296.

• ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila, LEGAN RAVNIKAR, Andreja (urednik). Skladnja nadiškega in briškega narečja. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, 2022. 201 str.

• ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila. Identity changes in the Slovenian and Friulian linguistic communities in the Province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. European Countryside. 2018, vol. 10, no. 1, str. 141-157.

• ŠKOFIC, Jožica, GOSTENČNIK, Januška, HAZLER, Vito, JAKOP, Tjaša, KENDA-JEŽ, Karmen, KUMIN HORVAT, Mojca, NARTNIK, Vlado, PAHOR, Nina, SMOLE, Vera, ŠEKLI, Matej, ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila, ŠKOFIC, Jožica (urednik), KENDA-JEŽ, Karmen (urednik), KUMIN HORVAT, Mojca (urednik), ŠEKLI, Matej (urednik), PAHOR, Nina (urednik). Slovenski lingvistični atlas. 3, Kmetovanje. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2023. 2 zv. Zbirka Jezikovni atlasi.

• ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila (urednik), KOLENC, Petra (urednik). Saggi scelti sulla storia, sulla lingua e sulla società slovena al confine italo-sloveno. 1a ed. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC; Udine: Kappa Vu, 2022. 166 str.

• ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila. I dialetti sloveni lungo il confine linguistico slavo-romanzo = I dialets slovens fevelâts dilunc dal confin linguistic sloven-romanç. V: ZULJAN KUMAR, Danila (ur.), KOLENC, Petra (ur.). Saggi scelti sulla storia, sulla lingua e sulla società slovena al confine italo-sloveno. 1a ed. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC; Udine: Kappa Vu, 2022. Str. 29-47.