TBED 6580 Sociolinguistics

Deals with correlations between language varieties, their functions in particular settings and the characteristics of their speakers in both monolingual and bilingual communities. The course covers sociolinguistic rules of speaking; dialects, Black English, pidgins and creoles; language and gender, language and social class; and language policy, language planning and sociolinguistic issues of bilingual education.
Credits: 3.0