LING102 - Intro To Socioling

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
920
Title (text only)
Intro To Socioling
Term session
2
Term
2020B
Subject area
LING
Section number only
920
Section ID
LING102920
Course number integer
102
Registration notes
Course Online: Synchronous Format
Meeting times
MW 05:30 PM-09:20 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Wei Lai
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
Fulfills
College Quantitative Data Analysis Req.
Society Sector
Use local description
No