The following readings are available at DITTO/Docuspot or on loan from your tutor

1. Alleyne, M.(1985) A Linguistic Perspective on the Caribbean [tutor’s pack only]

2. Fishman, J. (1969) The Sociology of Language in Giglioli, P. (ed) (1973) Language and Social ContextPenguin:Hammondsworth (chapter 2)

3. Ferguson (1959) Diglossia in Word vol. 15, pages 325- 340

4. Gal, S. (1976) Peasant men can’t get wives: Language change and sex roles in a bilingual community in Language in Society 7 (1-16) [tutor’s pack only]

5. Gumperz, J. (1968) The Speech Community in Giglioli, P. (ed) (1973) Language and Social ContextPenguin:Hammondsworth (Chapter 10)

6. Nettle & Romaine (2000) Vanishing Voices Oxford University Press (chapter 1)

7. Rickford, J (1983) Standard and non-standard language attitudes in the Creole
continuum in S.C.L. Occasional Papers, School of Education, UWI [tutor’s pack only]

8. Winford, D. (1985) The concept of “diglossia” in Caribbean Creole situations in
Language and Society 14 (345-356)

9. Walters, K. (1996) Gender, Identity and the political economy of language use:
Anglophone wives in Tunisia in Language in Society, 25 (515-555)

Major Journals for research in The Sociology of Language (case studies can be found in the journal series):
(1) Language in Society
(2) International Journal of the Sociology of Language
(3) Language Problems and Language Planning
(4) English World-Wide
(5) Applied Linguistics
(6) Language
(7) Language Variation and Change


Prescribed Text:

Highly Recommended:

Wardhaugh, R. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Oxford: Basil Blackwell [available at the bookshop $2885] [Library: 2 O/S, 2 RBC]

Holmes, J. (2001) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Longman Group UK Ltd [available at the bookshop $1810] [Library: 2 RBC]

Incourse Test will be on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 3-5pm This will account for 35% of your final grade