Sociolinguistic paradigm of AI 3200-M2-2PFA4
Presentation of issues concerning the relationship between language, social context and applied artificial intelligence (AI), including the socio-cultural aspect of human-machine communication within different language subsystems with special emphasis on coherent and stable phraseological units (idioms, colloquial words, sayings and proverbs). Evolution of human communication based on technologies and mediated by AI as an invisible mediator. Role of different sociolinguistics aspects in human-machine communication as well as role of AI in education, linguistic research and practices. This course introduces students to the main concepts and terms concerning linguistic communication in different social contexts including communication between human and machine. The course consists of thematic modules based on the analysis, interpretation and presentation of linguistic data from research on various aspects of language relating to intercultural communication, including issues from the field of linguistics, acquisition of family and foreign languages, discourse in communication, social and cultural contexts of communication. The aim of the course is to develop competences in communication in different social contexts. Students are encouraged to the latest research results from the course topic.
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Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is expected to have:
Knowledge of:
- structured knowledge of language and linguistic communication in various social contexts;
- connections between a given field and related philological and humanistic fields;
- complex nature of language and its historical variability, the complexity of phenomena related to linguistic communication;
- connections between a given field and related philological and humanistic fields;
Skills:
- is able to use basic theoretical approaches, paradigms appropriate for the research direction;
- is able to work according to the goals and guidelines formulated by the academic supervisor;
- is able to use research tools correctly;
Social competences:
- is aware of the differences in social contexts existing between communicators;
- understands and appreciates the importance of contexts and social elements for communication;
- participates in cultural and social life (K_K06, S_K06).
Assessment criteria
1. The final evaluation consists of the following components:
Presence - 45%
Activity during attendance - 15%
End-of-course essay - 40% ((kryteria jakości - 30% adekwatności do pisania akademickiego i 70% spójności do tematu)
2. Evaluation of the final percentage result:
55%-69% = 3
70%-74% = 3+
75%-84% = 4
85%-89% = 4+
90%-100% = 5
Bibliography
Bartmiński J., Językowe podstawy obrazu świata, Lublin 2007.
Honey, J. The Language Trap: Race, Class, and the Standard Language Issue in British Schools. Middlesex: National Council for Educational Standards, 1983.
Human-machine Communication. Communication and Social Robotics Labs Western Michigan University. Editor: Autumn Edwards, Western Michigan University (U.S.A.)
Kelly-Holmes, H. Sociolinguistics in an increasingly technologized reality. Sociolinguistica, 2022, 36(1-2), 99–110.
Milroy, J. & L. Milroy. Authority in Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985.
Montgomery, M. An Introduction to Language and Society: 2nd Edition, London and New York, Routledge, 1996. - P. 69-75.
Wardhaugh, R. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: 3rd Edition, Oxford, Blackwell Publishers,1998. - P. 30-45.
Wierzbicka A,. Słowa klucze. Różne języki – różne kultury, Warszawa 2007.
Young, R. Language and Interaction: An Advanced Resource Book, London: Routledge, 2008.
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