Language, the Individual, and Society

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

How do we acquire language? How are we to interpret the fact that language use varies according to geography, social class, gender and context? Why do languages die? What is the impact of immigration on language attitudes, language acquisition and language transmission? This module attempts to provide the beginnings of answers to such questions, as well as many others relating to language, the individual and society. In the process, a range of theories and evidence in the fields of Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics will be explored and tested.