Sociolinguistics in SFIP within the PhD in Hispanic Linguistics

For more information, contact Richard Cameron (rcameron@uic.edu) or Kim Potowski (kimpotow@uic.edu).

To learn more about Sociolinguistics, see the following links:

The Domain of Linguistics at the LSA

Linguistics Fieldwork & Documentation at Stanford University

Sociolinguistics at the University of Pennsylvania

Resources for Linguistics Courses at the University of Texas

The concentration in Sociolinguistics takes place within the PhD in Hispanic Linguistics. Within this concentration, students may pursue any one of three tracks:

• Bilingualism and Heritage Language Development
• Dialects and Variation
• Discourse Analysis

Each track involves the same basic requirements that apply to students generally at the PhD level. In addition, all tracks share three additional requirements. We call these “Core classes for all three tracks in Sociolinguistics.” In turn, each track has a few track specific requirements. Beyond these, students will be advised to take classes outside the department in order to round out their backgrounds and complete their formal education. These additional classes should address topics related to Linguistics, Communication, Research Methodology, and Social Theory or Practice. They also must be approved by the student’s major advisor.

General Program Requirements:

Beyond the Masters Level, there are two requirements:
• Span 403: Advanced Spanish Syntax
and
• Span 405: Advanced Spanish Phonology and Morphology.

Core Classes for all three tracks in Sociolinguistics:

• Span 406: Spanish Sociolinguistics
• Ling 551: Research Practicum in Sociolinguistics.
• Ed 503: Essentials of Quantitative Inquiry in Education (Focus is statistics.)

Beyond general program requirements and the core classes, each track has two additional requirements:

Track 1:Bilingualism and Heritage Language Development
• Span 507: Seminar in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism
• Span/LALS 427: Language policy and cultural identity

Students pursuing the track in Bilingualism and Heritage Language Development are usually offered the opportunity to teach in UIC's Spanish for Heritage Speakers program.

Students in any SFIP doctoral program, linguistics or literature, may pursue a minor in Bilingualism and Heritage Language Development. See the Graduate Handbook for guidelines on completing a minor.

Track 2:Dialects and Variation
• Span 408: Hispanic Dialectology
• Ling/Anth 480: Sociolinguistics

Track 3:Discourse Analysis
• Span 505: Seminar in Spanish Descriptive Linguistics: Pragmatics
• Ling/Engl 553: Research Seminar in Discourse Analysis

Students within each track may further select from a list of additional classes either from within the Department or from other departments that address issues in Linguistics, Communication, Research Methodology, and Social Theory or Practice. Classes relevant to these topics are found in the UIC Departments or Programs of Anthropology, Communication, Criminal Justice, Education, English, Gender and Women’s Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology.

Some suggested classes from elsewhere in the University: (Check with your advisor on these.)

Linguistics & Communication:

CIE 450: Literacy and Society
CIE 464: Bilingualism and Literacy in a Second Language
CIE 575: Seminar in Linguistic Minority Research
CIE 579: Biliteracy: Theory, Research, and Practice
CIE 594: Topics in C&I: Classroom Discourse

Comm 404: Discourse Analysis
Comm 410: Rhetorical Criticism
Comm 567: Topics in Political Communication
Comm 591: Health Communication
Comm 592: Cross-Cultural Health Communication: Ethnicity, Class, & Gender
Comm 594: Topics in Communication: Approaches to the Study of Human Talk

Ling/CrJ 402: Trial Interaction
Ling 415: Linguistic Structures I (Phonology)
Ling 425: Linguistic Structures II (Syntax)
Ling/Anth 480: Sociolinguistics
Ling 483: TESOL Methodology
Ling/ Comm 490: Communication, Culture, and Society
Ling/Comm 506: Cross-Cultural Communication
Ling 551: Research Practicum in Sociolinguistics
L:ing 531: Grammatical Structures of English for TESOL
Ling/GWS 540: Language and Gender
Ling/Span 556: Second Language Learning
Ling 559: Teaching Second Language Writing
Ling 584: Curriculum and Materials Design for TESOL
Ling 586: Classroom Testing

Psch/Ling 454: Psychology of Language

Methodology: Qualitative and Quantitative

Ed 503: Essentials of Quantitative Inquiry in Education
Ed 502: Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry in Education
Soc 408/ Anth 418: Fieldwork: Ethnographic and Qualitative Fieldwork Techniques
Ling/Comm 582: Qualitative Methods in Communication
Epsy 563: Advanced Analysis of Variance in Educational Research

Social Theory & Practice:

Culture:
Anth 414: Symbolic Anthropology
Anth 470: Classic Ethnographies

Gender:
Anth/GWS 514: Gender Issues in Cross-Cultural Perspective
GWS 403: Culture and Sexuality: Cultural History of Same-Sex Relations
GWS 501: Feminist Theories
Soc 424/GWS 425: Sociology of Gender

Latino Studies:
Span / LALS 427: Studies in Language Policy and Cultural Identity
LALS 475: Problems in South American Ethnology
LALS 491: Interdisciplinary Seminar in Latin American Studies
LALS 493: Seminar in Latin American/Latino Cultural Studies
LALS 495: Topics in Latino Community Studies
LALS 501: Latinos and Latin America in Transnational Context

Law:
CrJ 548 Legal discourse and culture in law and society

Medicine:
Soc 451: Medical Sociology
Anth 415: Medical Anthropology

Social Stratification / Urban Issues:
Anth 411: Urban Cultural Problems
Soc 441: Social Stratification
Soc 473: Cities and Regions
Soc 485: Classical Sociological Theory
Soc 487: Contemporary Sociological T