Overview
Description
Study of language in relation to society.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Core
CO10
Restrictions
Junior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- define key concepts in dialect geography and variationist sociolinguistics.
- articulate the different approaches of researchers and laypersons to the study of regional and social dialects.
- recognize the role of varied social and linguistic perspectives on language variation and language subordination.
- display through class presentations and written materials an informed perspective on the question of how race, gender, age, class and ethnicity are enacted and reproduced through linguistic variation.
- show mastery of basic field based methodological concepts and the scientific method.
- identify the main forces behind the evolution of regional and social dialects.