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ALS 2320 - Language and Society
The course explores sociolinquistics, that is, the study of the ways language works in society. Students will be familiarized with both classic and contemporary issues in the field, namely, the relationship between linguistic variation and social categories like socioeconomic class, ethnicity, geographical location, and age, to name a few. In addition, students will be presented with ways language creates identities, ways in which it constructs, mirrors, and disputes social justice and power in society. Pre-requisites: None 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Liberal Studies Department Course Attributes: General Education, AK: Foreign Lang & Culture, CT: Diversity, LO: Info Literacy

ALS 2320 - Language and Society

The course explores sociolinquistics, that is, the study of the ways language works in society. Students will be familiarized with both classic and contemporary issues in the field, namely, the relationship between linguistic variation and social categories like socioeconomic class, ethnicity, geographical location, and age, to name a few. In addition, students will be presented with ways language creates identities, ways in which it constructs, mirrors, and disputes social justice and power in society.

Pre-requisites: None

3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture

Liberal Studies Department

Course Attributes:
General Education, AK: Foreign Lang & Culture, CT: Diversity, LO: Info Literacy

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