Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Unit

GNM4165 - Language and society: Sociolinguistics from a German language perspective

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton First semester 2010 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2010 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Heinz Kreutz

Synopsis

A sociolinguistic perspective on the German language. Issues include language and society, politics and education. The role of the German language in a socioculturally and politically changed Europe, with particular reference to questions of language and national identity, pluricentricity and diglossia, the German language and German unity, migrant German and foreigner German, and the national and international status of the German language.

Assessment

Written (3000 words): 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Heinz Kreutz

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Co-requisites

An advanced German Studies core unit.