LING 5330 - Sociolinguistics

3 hours

Study of the relationship of language and society as shown in the following areas: the ethnography of speaking (analysis of discourse), language variation and social class, pidgin and Creole languages, diglossia and multilingualism, ethnic varieties, language and sex, language policy and planning.

Prerequisite(s): LING 4040 or LING 5040 or consent of instructor.