Transnational and Intercultural Language and Communications
Rhetoric and Communications · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter, Every Year
RHET-3156 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Where RHET-3156 counts
Counts toward 9 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- HR 3-YEAR BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- HR 4-YEAR BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- IL 3-YEAR BA IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
- IL 4-YEAR BA IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
- IL HONOURS BA IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
- IL HONOURS BA IN ANISHINAABEMOWIN
- RHET 3-YEAR BA IN RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS
- RHET 4-YEAR BA IN RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS
- RHET HONOURS BA IN RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course looks at the origins and development of language from a historical perspective and moves into specific case studies of unilingual, bilingual, and multilingual groups, their languages, how they communicate, and representational media used by the group. We focus closely on how groups communicate with one another, often by using common languages and the practice of translation, and how groups use languages to represent their culture to other groups and within the group. Central to such transnational and intercultural communication is the representation of identity and heritage. As languages change, identity changes also occur.
Requisite courses
Any section of Academic Writing (or exemption from the writing requirement) and completion of 24 credit hours [prerequisite(s)].
Cross-listed
LING-3106(3).
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.