ENGLISH LANGUAGE VARIATION IN THE U.S

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how various geographic dialects of American English stand in relation to standard language ideology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate and pursue an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how various geographic dialects of American English stand in relation to standard language ideology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate and pursue an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate