Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : ENT253 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Education Language | : English |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 2 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 2 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 4 |
The objective of this course is to improve awareness on the relation between language and culture making use of the related theories and approaches such as Sapir-Whorfian Hypothesis, speech-acts, ethnography of communication; and concepts which demonstrate different characteristics in different languages and cultures such as kinship terms, colour terms, metonomy, metaphor, gender related linguistic features, and discourse patterns.
awareness on the relation between language and culture making use of the related theories and approaches such as Sapir-Whorfian Hypothesis, speech-acts, ethnography of communication; and concepts which demonstrate different characteristics in different languages and cultures such as kinship terms, colour terms, metonomy, metaphor, gender related linguistic features, and discourse patterns.
| Prof. Faruk KALAY |
| 1. | the student is expected to be able to define the basic concepts relating sociolinguistics |
| 2. | the student is expected to be able to explain the relation between language and society thoroughly |
| 3. | the student is expected to be able to prepare the outline of a sociolinguistic research |
| 4. | the student is expected to be able to compare and contrast the relationship between language and social class, ethnicity, social stratification and such. |
| 5. | the student is expected to be able to commenting on and criticizing a sociolinguistic research |
| 6. | the student is expected to be able to draw conclusions making use of the findings about the relation between language and society |
| 1. | Bonvillain, N. (1997). Language, Culture and Communication. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc. |
| 2. | Holmes, J. (2008). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. England: Pearson. |
| 3. | Kramsch, C. (2009). Language and Culture. Oxford: OUP |
| 4. | Wardhaugh, R. (1997). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell. |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %40 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Individual Work | 15 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 98 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | PÇ-9 | PÇ-10 | PÇ-11 | PÇ-12 | PÇ-13 | PÇ-14 | |
OÇ-1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
OÇ-2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
OÇ-3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
OÇ-4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
OÇ-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
OÇ-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||