Apr 28, 2024  
2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) 
    
2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SPAN 355 - Sociolinguistic Theory and Method

4 credits
This course explores how language shapes the ways people communicate and how language forms social identities and influences group membership. It examines the cultural beliefs and ideologies embedded in language and how they inform the organization of society. The course will explore topics such as language and power, linguistic ideologies, language socialization, language and identity, linguistic variation, and linguistic ethnography. This course puts linguist theory into practice through the exploration and application of theory from the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. Students will learn the theory and method of linguistic research and collect original data for analysis. 
Taught in English. Same as LING 302 . Prerequisite: LING 101 , or LING 220 , or ENGL 220 , or ANTH 104 , or SPAN 310 , or special permission. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity US



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