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SPAN 435

Hispanic Sociolinguistics

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

This course introduces students to theoretical models and research findings in the field of sociolinguistics. It is intended to expand students’ awareness of social aspects of language variation and their implications for linguistic analysis. It also provides students with the necessary tools to develop their own research.

Requirements

Prerequisites

SPAN 303SPAN 312SPAN 305SPAN 307
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

SPAN 303 or SPAN 312; SPAN 305 or SPAN 307.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Other

Core

CO10, CO11, CO13

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • identify and define the concepts involved in societal influences on language and vice versa.
  • connect and correlate external and internal variables of a speech community that affect phonological and morphosyntactic Hispanic variation and change in the speech community.
  • articulate political and social issues related to language use explain different cultural practices including language and artifacts that represent the communities that produced them and how they serve to create, refine, and blend culture.
  • articulate a range of values, attitudes, and methods of organizing cultural and social experiences so as to understand the possibilities and limitations of their own world view and the place of minority and majority communities.