I was asked to design a course description for MA Linguistics particularly Sociolinguistics and Stylistics.
Can anyone suggest some good books for these two courses ?
Thank you very much indeed!
Jamal Kaid
The fields of linguistics are lot and you need to decide which one you are interested in. Then, google what you need.
You should decide which area in Linguistics you want to tackle. You may Google for a y relevant topics or writers, you will find thousands of books there.
The fields of linguistics are lot and you need to decide which one you are interested in. Then, google what you need.
For Sociolinguistics, you may review these resources:
- Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Susan Romaine, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001.
- The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics, Alan Bell, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 2013.
- An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Ronald Wardhaugh, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 2009 (6. Basım).
- Discourse and Identity, Bethan Benwell & Elizabeth Stokoe, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2006.
- Language and Identity: An Introduction, Joseph Edwards, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009.
- Everyday Talk: Building and Reflecting Identities, Karen Tracy. Guilford Press, New York, 2013.
- Language and Gender, Penny Eckert & Sally Mc-Connel-Ginet, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013.
- The Handbook of Language and Gender, Janet Holmes & Miriam Meyerhoff (derl.), Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 2005.
- Language and Gender: A Reader, Jennifer Coates & Pia Pichler (derl.), Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 2011.
A number of great books on sociolinguistics and stylistics will guide you in creating your course descriptions. You might want to consider first your program's aim, vision, and expected student outcomes so that you can identify which resources will be helpful.
For Sociolinguistics, you may try these sources:
1. Sociolinguistics: A reader (Coupland and Jaworski, 1997)
2. Sociolinguistics (Bernard Spolsky, 1998)
3. An introduction to sociolinguistics (Janet Holmes, 2017)
4. Doing sociolinguistics: A practical guide to data collection and analysis (Miriam Meyerhoff, 2015)
For Stylistics,
1. Stylistics: A resource book for students (Paul Simpson, 2014)
2. The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics (2014)
3. Pragmatic Sylistic (Elizabeth Black, 2006)
Hope these help.. =)
Thank you Hazim and Hyder, I have searched Google and found many books and they are wit me. I just wanted you to advise me based on your experience. My question is for those who are teaching MA course and have experience of the good books of sociolinguistics and stylistics.
Thank you very much indeed!
Dear Jamal,
I believe there was a technical problem - I´ve just forwarded some books to you, but can´t detect any of them. So, I hope this time everything works properly.
Best regards,
Dulce Porto
Aside the suggestions above, you can also visit pdfdrive.com for complete e-books.
I recommend you review the following:
http://linguistics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-22
Dear Jamal,
I found Introduction to Sociolinguistics
by M.Meyerhoff extremely explanatory and an eyeopener: each chapter offers indepth selection of further reading.
Stylistics is thorny to give advice on, sorry.
Good Luck!
G
I need the books as well. Specifically I need them in Sociolinguistics .
I'd recommend to look at books by Jan Blommaert, Robert Philipson, Albert Bastardas
Dear Jamal,
For stylistics I recommend something modern:
Contemporary Stylistics: Language, Cognition, Interpretation
By : Alison Gibbons, Sara Whiteley
All the best.
Hi, to be more specific, you need to decide which topics you are interested in.
There is no specific topic. I would a recommended book of stylistics and a book of sociolonguistic to teach stylistics and sociolinguistics to MA linguistic students.
Thank you very much indeed!
Contemporary Linguistics Sixth Edition
by William O'Grady (Author), John Archibald (Author), Mark Aronoff (Author), Janie Rees-Miller (Author)
Hi I can only suggest areas of Maori and or Indigenous health and rather than make any suggestions it would be better if I refer you to Professor Suzanne Purdy Head of Psychology Auckland University, New Zealand, or Dr Karen Brewer of the same univrsity who specialising in Speech Science, both email address can be found on the Auckland University website,
Why not trying Wardaugh's Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Paul Simpson's(2004) book on Stylistics.
There are a lot of books useful for the field of Linguistics. Just Google the title Linguistics, and you will find thousands of books.
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