Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Department: Stdy of Women, Gender, & Sxlty

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): LING 301 OR ANTH 301 OR LING 311 OR ANTH 323 OR LING 501 OR ANTH 501 OR LING 511 OR ANTH 523

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