Registers of Our Daily Life
Linguistics · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter
LING-3101 prerequisites
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Where LING-3101 counts
Counts toward 1 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- LING 3-YEAR BA
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Description
Students are introduced to issues involved in the research being done by linguists, text analysts, discourse analysts, and sociolinguists concerning various types of institutional discourse. They are required to carry out a research project on a register of their choice. Experimental investigations and contemporary research focus on medical, scientific, legal, business, financial, political, classroom, and media discourse.
Requisite courses
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and ANTH-3407 | ENGL-3802.
Cross-listed
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.