SPAN355

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Sociolinguistic Theory and Method (Taught in English)

Spanish College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

SPAN

Course Number

355

Status

Inactive

Course Attributes

BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, MSPA: Major-Spanish, ENSP: Minor-Spanish Elective, NSPA: Minor-Spanish

Course Short Title

Sociolinguistic Theory and Met

Course Long Title

Sociolinguistic Theory and Method (Taught in English)

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. 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. Focuses on the theory and method of linguistic research and collects original data for analysis. Taught in English.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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