LING 379 - Sociolinguistics

(3 units)

Prerequisite: LING 170/ANTH 170.
Survey of language variation and its relationship to social characteristics and processes. Study of regional and social dialects, interactional sociolinguistics, language attitudes research, sociolinguistic discourse analysis and the study of language policy and ideology as well as multilingualism. Application of sociolinguistics to educational and other contexts.

Letter grade only (A-F).