- Department: Language and Linguistic Science
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Pre-requisite modules
Co-requisite modules
- None
Prohibited combinations
- None
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23 |
This module explores the role of language in the construction of identities and the significance of identity construction to language variation. The concept of identity is investigated on various levels, and the focus of the course is on how these multi-levelled identities are realised through the use of language.
A variety of quantitative and ethnographic language variation case studies will be surveyed in order to illustrate the issues under investigation.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 80 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 20 |
None
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Feedback on formative work
Short essay (critical review of two research articles) peer assessed in the following week's seminar, using university scales and marking criteria
Immediate oral comments on seminar exercises
Assessment and feedback
Seminar presentation
Feedback: mark on university scale for group presentation, and written comments available by Monday term three week nine.
Examination
Feedback: mark on university scale available by Monday of week nine. Students will be entitled to see their exam script with comments made on it, under supervision, on an appointed date in week nine or ten of term three.
Llamas, C. and Watt, D. (eds.) (2010) Language and Identities (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press)