Introduction to Sociolinguistics

LINGUISTICS 339

Studies of language in social context are presented, including research related to diglossia, bilingualism, pidginization, creolization, and dialectology. Discourse analyses and conversational analyses of face-to-face conversation are examined in methodological and analytical terms. Beyond assigned readings, critical discourse analyses, the ethnography of speaking, the sociology of language, and accommodation theory are also considered. Students are required to develop a course project related to one or more studies of language in use. Experimental studies of sociophonetics and sociohistorical linguistics are presented during lectures to demonstrate advanced interdisciplinary research with potential educational and legal relevance. Prerequisite: Ling 170D.
Course Attributes: EN S; BU Hum; AS SSC; AS SD I; FA SSC; AR SSC; AS SC

Section 01

Introduction to Sociolinguistics
INSTRUCTOR: Baugh
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