SOAN 040B. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture and Society

(Cross-listed as LING 025)
This is an introductory survey course focusing on the interaction between language, culture and society. We will explore how these three aspects fit together so we can begin to understand how language shapes and is shaped by the world we live in. Students will be introduced to quantitative and qualitative approaches to linguistic analysis through a focus on spoken languages as they are used in the real world. Some topics we will cover: multilingual speech, language and power, raciolinguistics, linguistic ideologies, research ethics, and the interaction of language and social systems such as race, gender and class.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for ESCH.
Fall 2024. Fuller Medina.
Fall 2025. Staff.
Catalog chapter: Sociology and Anthropology
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/sociology-anthropology

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