Language and Society

Language and Society   [LING 3013]

Course Description

Introduction to language as a context-dependent social phenomenon. Students examine how various contexts and social factors such as age, gender, social class, status, setting, and topic influence linguistic choices, with special attention to multilingual societies. Other topics include language attitudes, the maintenance, shift or loss of languages, language and technology and language in education. Prerequisites: 6 credit hours in LING.

 

Monday and Friday: 9:00am-12:00pm;  Wednesday 8:30am-12:00pm.
*Please note: The final week (July 8 - 12) the schedule will be Monday and Thursday  9:00am-12:00pm; Wednesday 8:30am-10:00am. 

Part of Tyndale & Wycliffe Summer Institute of Linguistics

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