LING 3442 — Sociolinguistics

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath DDNUpath SINUpath WItypical days: T/FBostonTraditional

Focuses on why people choose to say things in different ways in different situations. Examines language behavior in its social context and outlines the linguistic constructs that allow conversation to occur, the types of variation that can occur in registers and dialects, and the possible reasons for choosing different linguistic varieties. Also explores linguistic variation in relation to social context, gender, socioeconomic class, race, and ethnicity.

Prerequisites

• all of:
  • one of:
    • ENGL 1150 (min D-)
    • LING 1449 (min D-)
    • LING 1150 (min D-)
  • one of:
    • ENGL 1102 (min C)
    • ENGL 1111 (min C)
    • ENGW 1102 (min C)
    • ENGW 1111 (min C)
    • WRIT 201M
    • ENGW 1113 (min C)
    • ENGW 1114 (min C)

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Professors

Fall

• Aisulu Raspayeva (100% of students) · reviews

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