Admission requirements
None. This course is open to students of Linguistics (research) only.
Description
Bilinguals often use more than one language in the same conversation. This seminar will provide an in-depth examination of this phenomenon, known as code-switching. We will begin with a historical overview to get an understanding of how syntactic constraint-based approaches to codeswitching arose in the literature. We will then review contemporary code-switching work from corpus- and lab-based perspectives. Methodological issues will be examined, paying attention to the limitations of the data and data collection paradigms that have constituted the basis for the theoretical claims put forward in the literature. Finally, by looking at studies that examine code-switching from structural, social and psycholinguistic perspectives concurrently, we will illustrate the power of cross-disciplinary research paradigms in unravelling the complexities of intra-sentential code-switching.
Course objectives
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
Describe and identify different types of code-switching patterns and how they relate to community and individual characteristics.
Critically evaluate the debate regarding the relative value of corpus-based versus so-called competency-based data collection paradigms in the study of code-switching.
Relate psycholinguistic research to more linguistically informed approaches to the complex array of issues arising in code-switching.
To plan and design a code-switching study.
Timetable
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Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
In class discussion and presentations, including weekly discussion contribution to class forum (30%)
Brief reaction paper 1 (15%)
Brief reaction paper 2 (15%)
Code-switching study proposal (40%)
The final grade for the course is established by determining the weighted average according to the percentages given above.
Resit
Final paper for all components
Reading list
The course will draw on seminal works in the study of code-switching as well as more recent research published in journals and other compendia. Course materials will posted on Blackboard.
Registration
Enrolment through My Studymap is mandatory
General information about uSis is available on this website
Contact
For questions about the content of the course, please contact the teacher: M. Carmen Parafita Couto
Education Administration Office Reuvensplaats
E-mail address Education Administration Office Reuvensplaats: osz-oa-reuvensplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
not applicable