Spanish 429

Hispanic Sociolinguistics
 

Course Area: LINGUISTICS


Course Description:


This undergraduate course provides an introduction to the basic concepts in sociolinguistics.

Notions such as speech community, sociolinguistic variable, phonological and syntactic variation,

and field methods will be included. The course also surveys other related topics such as

discourse analysis, language and power, language ideology, language attitudes, languages in contact,

language and gender, and language and the law. We will focus on research examining the use of

Spanish in Latin America and Spain as well as in the US. Class time will be divided in lectures,

discussion, and analysis of problem solving cases. The evaluation will be based on participation,

homework activities, experimental activities, and exams.


HISP-S 429 #27232 2:30P-3:45P TR Room= BH 232