Course Catalog - 2007-2008

     

SWGS 415 - SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Long Title: SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Department: Stdy of Women, Gender, & Sxlty
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
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.