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This document provides an overview of an introductory course on language, culture, and society. The course examines how language is used in social contexts and how it relates to culture. It is divided into 6 units that will discuss topics like linguistic anthropology, languages and communities, defining social groups, multilingual societies, contact languages, and the relationship between language and culture. The course aims to help students understand how language shapes communication and social identity, and how it varies based on contexts.

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This document provides an overview of an introductory course on language, culture, and society. The course examines how language is used in social contexts and how it relates to culture. It is divided into 6 units that will discuss topics like linguistic anthropology, languages and communities, defining social groups, multilingual societies, contact languages, and the relationship between language and culture. The course aims to help students understand how language shapes communication and social identity, and how it varies based on contexts.

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Introduction to

Language, Culture and


Society
Gov. Alfonso D. Tan College
Maloro, Tangub City
School Year- 2020-2021

Course code : ELS 109


Course Title : Introduction to Language, Culture and Society
Credit Units : 3 Units
Course Pre-requisite: None

Course Description:
This course examines language in its social context, that is, the ways which groups of people use
language.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes:


On completion of this course, successful students will be able to:

1. Discuss how language, whose primary function is to serve as an instrument of


communication, serves secondarily to help establish aspects of the social identity of its
speakers
2. Explain the status of geographical variations in a language—dialects, as well as the social
equivalent of such variation.
3. State what the characteristic structural differences between written language and spoken
language are.
4. Examine evidence of language change by comparing samples of languages at different
stages in their histories.
5. Articulate why and how some varieties of language are more highly valued than others.
6. Begin to notice how language is used and how it varies across the array of contexts in
which we engage daily.
7. Understand different perspectives on context, including identities, social institutions,
cultural values and their relationships with language.
8.
Course Topics:
I. Introduction

Knowledge of Language
Competence and performance
Variation
Speakers and Their Groups
Language and Culture
Directions of influence
The Whorfian hypothesis
Correlations
The Boundaries of Sociolinguistics
II. Languages and Communities

Languages, Dialects, and Varieties


- Language or Dialect?
Mutual intelligibility
The role of social identity
- Standardization
The standard as an abstraction
The standardization process
The standard and language change
Standard English?
The standard–dialect hierarchy
- Regional Dialects
Dialect continua
Dialect geography
Everyone has an accent
- Social Dialects
Kiezdeutsch ‘neighborhood German’
Ethnic dialects
African American Vernacular English
Features of AAVE
Development of AAVE
Latino Englishes
- Styles, Registers, and Genres
Style
Register
Genre
III. Defining Groups
- Speech Communities
Linguistic boundaries
Shared norms
Types of speech communities
- Communities of Practice
- Social Networks
- Social Identities
- Beliefs about Language and Social Groups
Ideologies
Perceptual dialectology
IV. Languages in Contact: Multilingual Societies and  
Multilingual Discourse
- Multilingualism as a Societal Phenomenon
Competencies and convergence in multilingual societies
Language ideologies surrounding multilingualism
Linguistic landscapes
Language attitudes in multilingual settings
- Diglossia
Domains
Language attitudes and ideologies
Language learning
The statuses of the H and L varieties
Extended diglossia and language maintenance
Questioning diglossia
- Multilingual Discourse
Metaphorical and situational code-switching
Accommodation and audience design
The Markedness Model
Multilingual identities
V. Contact Languages: Structural Consequences of Social Factors
- Lingua Francas
- Pidgin and Creole Languages: Definitions
Connections between P/C languages and second language acquisition
- Pidgin and Creole Formation
Theories of creole genesis
- Geographical Distribution
- Linguistic Characteristics of P/C Languages
Phonology
Morphosyntax
Vocabulary
- From Pidgin to Creole and Beyond
Creole continuum?
Other Contact Varieties: Mixed Languages
VI. Language and Culture
- The ethnography of communication
Colour terms
Kinship terms
Counting systems
VII. Language and Ideology: Variations in Class, Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationality
UNIT 1: Introduction to Language, Culture and Society

Unit Outcomes:
1. Define linguistic anthropology
2. Know the importance of studying language
3. Discuss the different myths concerning languages

EXTRACTING INFORMATION
Topics Reference used Page Links
Introduction to linguistic Pages 1-15 Language, Culture, and
anthropology (PDF) Language, Culture, and Society: An
Society: An Introduction to Introduction to
Linguistic Anthropology Linguistic Anthropology
By ZDENEK SALZMANN,
JAMES M. STANLAW,
NOBUKO ADACHI (2012)

Myths concerning languages (PDF) Language, Culture, and Pages 1-15 Language, Culture, and
Society: An Introduction to Society: An
Linguistic Anthropology Introduction to
By ZDENEK SALZMANN, Linguistic Anthropology
JAMES M. STANLAW,
NOBUKO ADACHI (2012)

Why should we study language? Is hardly a rhetorical question? Most people never formally
study language and they seem to get along fine. But do they? David Crystal (1971:15) points out
that communication between patients and physician can be extremely difficult given the
differences in training and perspective. Language is involved in a wide variety of human
situations, perhaps every situation. The scientific study of language is one of the keys to
understanding much of human behavior.

Linguistic anthropology is a branch of anthropology that studies the role of language in the social
lives of individuals and communities. Linguistic anthropology explores how language shapes
communication. Language plays a huge role in social identity, group membership, and
establishing cultural beliefs and ideologies. So, unlike linguists, linguistic anthropologists do not
look at language alone, language is viewed as interdependent with culture and social structures.
UNIT 2: Languages and Communities

Unit Outcomes:
1. Define linguistic anthropology
2. Know the importance of studying language
3. Discuss the different myths concerning languages

X CEXTRACTING INFORMATION
Topics Reference used Page Links
Introduction to linguistic Pages 1-15 Language, Culture,
anthropology (PDF) Language, Culture, and Society: An
and Society: An Introduction to
Introduction to Linguistic Linguistic
Anthropology Anthropology
By ZDENEK
SALZMANN, JAMES M.
STANLAW, NOBUKO
ADACHI (2012)

Myths concerning (PDF) Language, Culture, Pages 1-15 Language, Culture,


languages and Society: An and Society: An
Introduction to Linguistic Introduction to
Anthropology Linguistic
By ZDENEK Anthropology
SALZMANN, JAMES M.
STANLAW, NOBUKO
ADACHI (2012)

UNIT 3: Defining Groups


UNIT 4: Languages in Contact: Multilingual Societies and  
Multilingual Discourse
UNIT 5: Contact Languages: Structural Consequences of Social
Factors
UNIT 6: Language and Culture

Unit Outcomes:
1. Define and explain Ethnography of Communication, of how significant it is in language
studies.
2. Define features of non-verbal behaviour and comprehend its role in understanding
Ethnography of Communication.
3. Define and discuss how meaning emerges through the interactions of culture, cognition,
and categorization.

This unit mainly deals with discussions towards better understanding of the
relationship between language and culture. To better demonstrate knowledge between language
and culture, we need to know some important elements which are involved in relationship.
Sociolinguistics can be given a broader remit and consider questions of language
and culture and/or ethnicity rather than just of language and society. This broader approach is
labelled anthropological linguistics. Anthropology is a holistic science which encompasses every
aspect of human society and culture at present. It can also trace human evolution and
development stretching back into prehistory. There are two main branches of anthropology: 1)
Cultural or Social anthropology which studies living human societies and their cultural systems;
2) Physical or biological anthropology which is primarily concerned with human evolution at a
much greater time depth. Typical issues in anthropological linguistics are linguistic relativity,
kinship terms, colour terms, systems of address, honorifics, politeness or different modes of
communication across cultures.

Ethnography of Communication

The ethnography of communication is concerned with cultural differences in acts of


communication, in particular what additional features accompany speech. The cultural
assumptions which we have internalised in our childhood as part of the process of socialisation
guide our social and linguistic behaviour for the rest of our lives. However, these assumptions
must be relativised, indeed questioned, when we come into contact with other cultures. The
following are some features of non-verbal behaviour which differ across cultures:
· Colour Terms
· Kinship Terms
· Counting Systems

Activity 1: Hyping up!


UNIT 7: Language and Ideology: Variations in Class, Gender,
Ethnicity, and Nationality

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