Subject Sociolinguistics

📘 Course Title: Sociolinguistics

📌 Course Code: ENG-402
📌 Credit Hours: 3 (3-0)

📖 Course Outline

🔍 Introduction to Sociolinguistics:

1. Scope and Importance of Sociolinguistics
2. Major Theories in Sociolinguistics

🌍 Language & Society:

3. Language in Culture and Culture in Language
4. Multilingual Societies and Their Challenges
5. Bilingualism & Its Social and Cognitive Effects
6. Language Shift & Language Maintenance
7. Language and Gender: Social and Linguistic Perspectives

📚 Language in Education & Policy:

8. Language Planning in Education
9. Language Varieties (Dialects, Registers, and Sociolects)
10. Language, Culture, and Thought

⚖️ Linguistic Inequality & Social Issues:

11. Linguistic Inequality in Social Paradigms
12. Social Practices & Global Linguistic Trends
13. Language Conflicts & Politics in South Asia
14. Global Language Practices and Their Impact

📚 Recommended Books & Authors:

1. Blommaert, J. (2010). The Sociolinguistics of Globalization. Cambridge University Press.
2. Chaika, E. (1994). Language: The Social Mirror (3rd Edition). Heinle & Heinle Publishers.
3. Chambers, J. K. (1995). Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and Its Social Significance. Oxford: Blackwell.
4. Coulmas, F. (1998). The Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
5. Coupland, N., & Jaworski, A. (2008). Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Course Book. Palgrave.
6. Fasold, R. (1987). The Sociolinguistics of Society. Oxford: Blackwell.
7. Fasold, R. (1990). The Sociolinguistics of Language. Oxford: Blackwell.
8. Hudson, R.A. (1980). Sociolinguistics. Cambridge University Press.
9. Lantolf, J. P. (2000). Socio-Cultural Theory and Second Language Learning. Oxford University Press.
10. Trudgill, P. (1983). Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society. Penguin.