LING 320. Sociolinguistics 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A survey of language in its social context. The main focus will be on the influence of social factors like age, gender, social class and speech style on linguistic variation and change. Contact amongst languages (e.g. in Montreal) and the birth and death of languages will also be discussed.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LING 325.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: LING 201.