Language - Conflict - Exclusion 3304-1DZ23W-KJ-01-OG

The course will be devoted to the broadly understood relationship between linguistic diversity and social divisions. It will provide an introduction to sociolinguistic research on the topics of exclusion, linguistic discrimination and hate speech in relation to social structure and the situation of social minorities using selected examples. The basic issues discussed will be devoted to problems such as language policy, linguistic norm, diversity of language variants, as well as the concepts of linguistically mediated domination and symbolic power. These phenomena will be discussed mainly on the example of Francophone and European countries using tools such as discourse analysis and corpus research.
1. Language policy as a tool for dominating or promoting language equality.
2. Political and institutional determinants of the status of languages and language practices and the historical lineage of national languages.
3. The concept of language discrimination in law in the context of European Union language policy.
4. Language as an asset or tool of exclusion in the labor market.
5. Linguistically mediated stereotypes and hate speech against national and ethnic minorities on the example of analysis of political discourse in Poland.
6. Multilingual state(s) in the face of the phenomenon of nationalism. Strategies for dealing with the divisions of public spheres on the example of Belgium, Switzerland and Canada
7. inclusive language, écriture inclusive and standards of openness in public communication of public institutions.
8. linguistic norms and the institutional framework of linguistic correctness. The French Academy and public authorities in the face of the linguistic diversity of French society.
9. monolingualism-multilingualism as a situation giving rise to conflict: macro- and micro-sociolinguistic perspectives (diglossia, bilingual speech).
10. language as a vector of identity, belonging and exclusion: the bonding and exclusionary function of the sociolect on the example of youth language

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Course coordinators

Magdalena Grycan
Cezary Węgliński

Assessment criteria

- attendance and activity during classes (two acceptable absences)
- knowledge of the subject literature and accounting for individual and group assignments
- formulating a short answer on the Kampus platform to a question posed after classes
- poster session at the end of the course

Bibliography

Bernard Barbeau G., Meier F., Schwarze S. (eds) Conflits sur/dans la langue :
Boyer H. (1991), LANGUES EN CONFLIT : ETUDES SOCIOLINGUISTIQUES, Broché.
Boyer Henri (2017) Introduction à la sociolinguistique, 2e edition, Paris: Dunod.
Bratt Paulston Ch., Tucker G. R., (red.) (2003), Sociolinguistics (Linguistics: The Essential Readings), Wiley Blackwell Publishing.
Calvet L.-J. (2002), Le marché aux langues, Paris: Plon.
Calvet L.-J. (2024), La Sociolinguistique, Que sais-je ?, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
Canut C. (2021), Langue, Paris: Anamosa.
Cerquiglini B. (2024), La langue anglaise n’existe pas, Paris: Gallimard.
Ciostek A. (2015), „Wielojęzyczność w Unii Europejskiej”, Języki Obce w Szkole 2.
Coulmas F. (1991), „European Integration and the idea of national language”, [w:] Coulmas F. (red.), A language policy for the European Community, Berlin–New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Descamps Ph. [i in.] (2022), Le pouvoir des langues. Identités, Domination, Résistance, Le Monde diplomatique « Manière de voir » no. 186.
Fergusson, Charles A. (1959), Diglossia, Word, nr 15, s. 325–340.
Fishman Joshua A. (2003), Bilingualism with and without diglossia; diglossia with and without bilingualism, [w:] Sociolinguistics. The Essential Readings, Bratt Paultson Christina, Tucker G. Richard (red.), Malden, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, s. 359-366.
Fishman Joshua A. (2010), Sociolinguistics: Language and Ethnic Identity in Context, [w:] Fishman Joshua, García Ofelia (red.), Handbook of language and ethnic identity. Disciplinary and regional perspectives, Oxford: Oxford University Press, s. XXIII-XXXV.
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Grosjean François (1982) Life with two languages: an introduction to bilingualism. Cambridge, London: Harvard University Press.
Grosjean François (1993) Le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme. Essai de définition, TRANEL nr 19, 13-41.
Hamers, J., Blanc, M. (1983) Bilingualité et bilinguisme. Bruxelles: Pierre Mardaga.
Hanf D., Muir E. (2010), „Droit de l’Union europénne et multilinguisme. Le cas de l’établissement du marché intérieur”, [w:] Langues et construction européenne, Bruksela: Cahiers du Collège d’Europe 10.
Hélot Christine (2007) Du bilinguisme en famille au plurilinguisme à l’ école. Paris: L’Harmattan.
Lacey J. (2017), Centripetal Democracy. Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity in Belgium, Switzerland and the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Łuczak J. (2010), Polityka językowa Unii Europejskiej, Warszawa: Aspra.
perspectives linguistiques, argumentatives et discursives, Peter Lang.
Szul Roman (2009), Język, Naród, Państwo. Język jako zjawisko polityczne, Warszawa: PWN.

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