Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Department: *Women and Gender Studies*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Topic: Issues of language and gender, race and class. The course will begin with an overview of contemporary sociolinguistic theory and methodologies. We will then examine the linguistic consequences to speakers of their membership in groups, defined in terms of gender, race, and class. Cross-list: LING 415.