LibGuides: Language Culture And Identity: Course Content

Course Outline

Contents:

UNIT1

Relationship between language and culture

· Role of language and culture in the formation of identity

UNIT 2

· Types of identity: Religious; Ethnic; Linguistic; Cultural; National

· The issue of identity in multicultural societies

UNIT 3

· Identity Crisis

UNIT 4

· Language Attitudes

UNIT 5

· Ethnic conflicts

· Linguistic conflicts

UNIT 6

· Problems of linguistic inequality

UNIT 7

· Linguistic imposition

UNIT 8

· Cross-cultural communication

· Culture shock

Identity and Multilinguality
Agnihotri, K. R. (2007). Identity and Multilinguality: The Case of India. In Tsui, M. B. A. & Tollefson, W. J. (Eds.).
Language Policy
Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts. Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Publishers. Mahwah, New Jersey. (185-204).
Language, Society and Identity
Edwards, J. (1985). Language, Society and Identity. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Language and identity:
Joseph, John, E. (2004). Language and identity: national, ethnic, religious. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Language and identity
Joseph, John, E. (2004). Language and identity: national, ethnic, religious. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Interethnic Communication.
Gumperz, J. J. (2005). Interethnic Communication. In Kiesling F. S. & Paulston, B. C. (Eds.). Intercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings. Blackwell Publishing. (33-44).