Basque Sociolinguistics, Contact teaching, Contact teaching

Contact teaching

13.1.2026 - 28.4.2026

5 cr

Face-to-faceParticipation in teaching

Schedule

25.11.2025 09.00 - 13.1.2026 23.59

Registration or application for course

13.1.2026 - 28.4.2026

Time reserved for studying

Description

Participation in teaching, Basque Sociolinguistics

Working methods

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Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 16:15 to 18:45, starting on January 13th.

The course will be carried out through on-site lectures, and students will have to hand in written essays as a way of keeping up with their learning progress.

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Additional information and registration

Price

75 €

Enrollment

25.11.2025 09.00 - 13.1.2026 23.59

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Additional information:

Dates

13.1.2026 - 28.4.2026

Fields

Humanities

Languages of instruction

English

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Description of the Course

The aim of this course is to give an insight and explore Basque sociolinguistics, as a way of understanding the process of revitalization that the language has been undergoing over the past decades. These are some of the topics we will be covering in this course: the standardization process of the language, getting to know the concept of neo-speakers in the Basque Country, the different speaker profiles and identities that we can encounter in different generations and geographic areas (and how they are all so recent, considering the political and historical circumstances), the so-called Breathing Spaces, language policies over the years, and language officiality and its implications.

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Organiser

Helsingin yliopisto

Location

Metsätalo, C505 (sali 31) Unioninkatu 40 (Metsätalo) Unioninkatu 40 00170 HELSINKI

Teachers

Eneritz García Montero, teacher in charge

Contact details

avoin-student@helsinki.fi

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Education and learning