LIGN 175Sociolinguistics
The study of language in its social context, with emphasis on the different types of linguistic variation and the principles underlying them. Dialects, registers, gender-based linguistic differences, multilingualism, pidginization and creolization, factors influencing linguistic choice, formal models of variation; emphasis is given both to socially determined differences within the United States and US ethnic groups and to cross-cultural differences in language use and variation.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “LIGN 101 or consent of instructor. Satisfies DEI requirement.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (4)
- Linguistics (B.A.)
- Linguistics (Cognition and Language) (B.A.)
- Linguistics (Language and Society) (B.A.)
- Linguistics (Speech and Language Sciences) (B.A.)