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LING395 - Language and Society

Description

A study of language in its social context, covering aspects of linguistic variation within and across speech communities. Topics may include language and class, gender, age, situation and ethnicity; languages in contact (pidgin and creole languages), codeswitching and standardization; rules of conversation and respectful address; societal features of language change.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Prerequisites

  • second-year standing.

Course offered by

Department of Linguistics

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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