LINGUIST 323

Sociolinguistics

Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for LINGUIST 323.

Description

The study of the effects of aspects of social organization, cultural norms and expectation, on the way language is used, and of the effects of language use on society. Topics may include socially conditioned language variation, stylistic variation, multilingualism, language planning, language maintenance and shift, language use as an expression of identity.      

Availability 2017

Not taught in 2017

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

LINGUIST 323: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points from LINGUIST 100, 101, 103 and 30 points at Stage II in Linguistics (either LINGUIST 200 or LINGUIST 201 strongly recommended)