Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

High Advanced

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of five semesters (or seven quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

OBJECTIVES

Following on from a brief study of the theoretical and methodological premises underpinning research in the area of Sociolinguistics, this Course will be aimed at defining the speech of Andalucía from both a linguistic and a sociological standpoint. A description (of a phonic, lexical, and morphosyntactic nature) will be provided of the characteristics of this speech modality, consideration also being given to its geographical dimension and its sociocultural stratification.

SYLLABUS

1. Theoretical and Methodological Premises.
o 1.1 The Concept of Sociolinguistics. Language and Society. Linguistic Variations.
o 1.2 Research Methods in Sociolinguistics.

2. Defining ‘Andaluz’.
o 2.1 The Concepts of Language, Dialect, and Speech Type: Their Application to the Speech of Andalucía.
o 2.2 The Preferences of Andalusians regarding the Denomination of their Linguistic Instrument of Communication.
o 2.3 Graphic Projection. Issues and Perspectives.

3. Characteristics of the Andalusian Linguistic Modality.
o 3.1 Phonic Features.
o 3.2 The Lexis of ‘Andaluz’.
o 3.3 Its Morphosyntactic and Stylistic Aspects.

4. The Unity and Diversity of ‘Andaluz’.
o 4.1 Its Geographical and Dialectal Dimensions.
o 4.2 The Historical Perspective: The Spread of ‘Andaluz’. ‘Andaluz’ in American Spanish.
o 4.4 The Linguistic Awareness and Attitudes of Andalusians.

5. Linguisitic Norms in Andalucía.
o 5.1 The Concept of Norm. Unity or Plurality of Norms in Present-Day Spanish?
o 5.2 The Andalusians’ Linguistic Model: Supranational, Andalusian, Local.
o 5.3 Didactic and Pedagogical Applications.
o 5.4 The Speech of Andalucía, Cultural Identity, and the Mass Media.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Alvar, M. Llorente, A. y Salvador, G. (1961-1973): Atlas lingüístico y etnográfico de Andalucía, Granada: C.S.I.C.
• Cano, R., Carbona, A., y Morillo, R. (1998): El español hablado en Andalucía, Barcelona: Ariel.
• Carbonero, P. (2003): Estudios de sociolingüística andaluza, Sevilla: Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla.
• Carbonero, P. (1996): “Norma sociolingüística, norma académica, y norma escolar en Andalucía,2 en La modalidad lingüística andaluza en el aula, Sevilla: Alfar, 53-65.
• Heras, J. (coord.) (1996): La modalidad lingüística andaluza en el aula, Sevilla: Alfar.
• Jiménez, R. (1991): El andaluz, Madrid: Arcos/Libros.
• Labov, W. (1972): Modelos sociolingüísticos. Madrid: Cátedra.
• Lamíquiz, V., y Carbonero, P. (1987): Perfil sociolingüístico del sevillano culto, Sevilla: Instituto de Desarrollo Regional.
• López Morales, H. (1993). Sociolingüística., Madrid: Gredos.
• Moreno, F. (1998) Principios de sociolingüística y sociología del lenguaje. Barcelona: Ariel.
• Ropero, M. (1993): La modalidad lingüística andaluza. Sevilla: Grazalema / Santillana.
• Ropero, M. (2001): “Sociolingüística andaluza: problemas y perspectivas” en Sociolingüística Andaluza, 12. Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla, 21-48. Sociolingüística Andaluza (1981-2000) Grupo de Investigación para el “Estudio sociolingüístico del habla de Sevilla,” Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla.

ASSESSMENT

The on-going assessment of assignments will be kept up throughout the Course, while there will also be two set exams, one mid-way through the semester and the other at the conclusion of the Course.