LING302
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Sociolinguistic Theory and Method
Interdepartmental
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
LING
Course Number
302
Status
Inactive
Course Attributes
BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, EMAN: Major-Anthropology Elective, MANT: Major-Anthropology, MITA: Major-Italian, ENAN: Minor-Anthropology Elective, NANT: Minor-Anthropology, NLIN: Minor-Linguistics
Course Short Title
Sociolinguistic Theory and Met
Course Long Title
Sociolinguistic Theory and Method
Course Description
Explores how language shapes the ways people communicate and how language forms social identities and influences group membership. Examines the cultural beliefs and ideologies embedded in language and how they inform the organization of society. May explore topics such as language and power, linguistic ideologies, language socialization, language and identity, linguistic variation, and linguistic ethnography. Puts linguist theory into practice through the exploration and application of theory from the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. Students will have the opportunity to learn the theory and method of linguistic research and collect original data for analysis.
Min
4
Repeatable
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Course Restrictions
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Equivalent Course(s)
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