LING102 - Introduction To Sociolinguistics

Status
C
Activity
REC
Section number integer
201
Title (text only)
Introduction To Sociolinguistics
Term
2019A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
201
Section ID
LING102201
Course number integer
102
Registration notes
Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
Meeting times
R 09:30 AM-10:30 AM
Meeting location
WILL 5
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Yosiane Zenobia White
Description
Human language viewed from a social and historical perspective. Students will acquire the tools of linguistic analysis through interactive computer programs, covering phonetics, phonology and morphology, in English and other languages. These techniques will then be used to trace social differences in the use of language, and changing patterns of social stratification. The course will focus on linguistic changes in progress in American society, in both mainstream and minority communities, and the social problems associated with them. Students will engage in field projects to search for the social correlates of linguistic behavior, and use quantitative methods to analyze the results.
Course number only
102
Use local description
No