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LINGUIST 4SS3

SEMINAR IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · C01

Topics

  • Sept 10 Introduction: Defining the Parameters
  • Sept 17 Standards, Norms, Prescriptivism
  • Sept 24 The Nature of Standard Languages
  • Oct 1 Standard Languages in Context
  • Oct 8 Identity, Attitudes, Performance
  • Oct 22 Language Situations: Bilingualism, Diglossia, Creolization
  • Oct 29-Dec 3 Presentations
  • Dec 10 Wrap-Up

Readings

  • Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English , 3 rd ed. (London & New York: Routledge, 1999)
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  • Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications , 2 nd ed. (New York: Routledge, 2018)
    See source
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