LING 210
Language and Society

This course gives students the opportunity to examine and interpret how the socio-cultural
context affects the way people speak in that setting. Topics in focus include regional and social
dialects, multilingualism, language attitudes and their impact on national and personal identity,
linguistic politeness, the maintenance, shift, loss, and spread of languages, and the impact of
modern technology. Applications to gender and education are explored in depth.

None. (Summer or 3-0; 3-0)