Sociolinguistics

3 credits

Examines the sociopolitical organization of language variation: multilingualism; dialectology; and the use of language to indicate formality, ethnicity, gender, age, political attitudes, socio-economic status, and class. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: Either (a) ANTH 100 or (b) ANTH 170. Third-year standing. ANTH 170 is preferred.