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LING 452

Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Linguistics College of Humanities

Course Description

How language functions in culture and society; focus on the development, typology, and description of the relationship between language and society.

When taught

Winter.

Min

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

0

Learning Outcome

Understand the relationship between language use and society with respect to regional, social, ethnic and contextual variation.

Learning Outcome

Conduct research into a wide range of sociolinguistic variation.

Learning Outcome

Impart knowledge of sociolinguistics and related research in presentations and papers.