Sociolinguistics
Anthropology · 3 hrs Lecture | Seminar/Discussion
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Description
Sociolinguistics is the systematic study of language as a social phenomenon with a focus on the relationship between language and various social variables such as age, class, ethnicity and gender. This course examines language variations on regional (regional dialects), social (sociolects) and personal (styles and registers) level, as well as topics such as standard language, slang, jargon, politeness and taboo. It introduces students to the concepts of language ideologies, communities of practice, multilingualism, diglossia and code switching, and explores the problems of language in the contact and of language shift, revival and planning.
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Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and LING-3103.
Cross-listed
LING-3103(3).
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