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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | LINGB125001 |
| Course Title | Sociolinguistics |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Linguistics |
| Instructor | Payne,Amanda |
| Times and Days | TTh 01:10pm-02:30pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2748 This is an introductory survey course focusing on the interaction between language, culture and society. We will explore how these three aspects fit together so we can begin to understand how language shapes and is shaped by the world we live in. Students will be introduced to quantitative and qualitative approaches to linguistic analysis through a focus on spoken languages as they are used in the real world. Some topics we will cover: multilingual speech, language and power, raciolinguistics, linguistic ideologies, research ethics, and the interaction of language and social systems such as race, gender and class. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Haverford: B: Analysis of the Social World (B) ( ) Enrollment Cap: 25, If enrollment exceed the cap, the lottery criteria is as follows: Linguistics and ling/ang majors and minors, then sophomores and first years, then juniors, then seniors |
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