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Special Seminar: Linguistics

3-0-9 units · Graduate

Graduate subject that covers topics not offered in the regular curriculum. Consult department to learn of offerings for a particular term.

Fall 2021 · Linguistics and Social Justice: Language, Education, and Human Rights

Linguists take it for granted that all languages, including languages in the Global South, are worthy of study. Yet some 40% of children in the world are prevented from studying in and valorizing their home languages—including some of the very languages that linguists study with such fondness. So much research in linguistics and the benefits thereof remain inaccessible to the bulk of the very speech communities whose languages linguists study. This seminar examines efforts by linguists and educators to make their research more inclusive, accessible, and hospitable, and to reduce linguistic-discrimination practices in various communities world-wide.

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Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) 3-0-9 units Can be repeated for credit.

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