Course title:

Language and the individual

Course code: PSL235
Course status: Elective
Course leader: Velimir Piškorec
Course instructor:
Language of instruction: English
Total hours: 8S
Form of instruction: Seminar
ECTS credits: 4

Course content by topics:

1. Language and the individual in the historical evolution of contemporary linguistics; 2. Individual and collective linguistic repertoire; 3. Language biography as a qualitative research paradigm in sociolinguistics; 4. Language-biography-narrative interview and the reconstruction of language biography and narrative identity

Learning outcomes at course level:

1. To list the basic characteristics of the language-biography method as well as its advantages and disadvantages in relation to other methodologies in sociolinguistics; 2. To define and illustrate individual and collective repertoire as a complex theoretical concept; 3. To design a language-biography-narrative interview and reconstruct the individual’s language biography and the fundamental aspects of the respective narrative identity on the basis of the recorded material

Learning outcomes at programme level:

Reading list:

Obligatory reading: Franceschini, R. / Miencznikowski, B. (ed.) (2004): Leben mit mehreren Sprachen. Bern et al.: Peter Lang.; Piškorec, V. (2006): Standard između organskoga govora i planskoga jezika – hrvatski standardni, đurđevečki i esperanto. Strani jezici 1/35, str. 51-61.;

Piškorec, V. (2007): Jezičnobiografski aspekti usvajanja njemačkoga u izbjeglištvu. U: Strani jezici, 35, str. 277-289.; Piškorec, V. (2007): Narativni identitet u jezičnobiografskim intervjuima. U: Granić, J. (ur.): Jezik i identiteti. Zagreb-Split: HDPL, str. 457-467.; Todeva, E. / Cenoz, J. (ed.) (2009): The multiple realities of multilingualism: personal narratives and researchers’ perspectives. Berlin / New York: Mouton de Greyter.; Additional reading: Novak, K. (2012):

Višejezičnost i kolektivni identiteti Iliraca. Jezične biografije Dragojle Jarnević, Ljudevita Gaja i Ivana Kukuljevića Sakcinskoga. Zagreb: Srednja Europa.; Piškorec, V. (ed.) (2004):

Sprachkontakte und Reflexion (= Zagreber germanistische Beiträge, Beiheft 7).; Ščukanec, A. (2011): Njemačko-hrvatski jezični dodiri u Gradišću. Zagreb: Hrvatska matica iseljenika.

Assessment of student achievement: course attendance and active participation in class discussions, short autobiographical essay

Quality assurance mechanism: student survey