LING 025. Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture, and Society (LCS)

(Cross-listed as SOAN 040B )
How do language, culture and society fit together? How is language shaped by the world we live in and does it shape it? This course introduces students to language as a social practice with an emphasis on how spoken languages are used in everyday interactions. 

Come learn about: Language and power, Language, social structures and inequality, Language and the nation-state, Multilingualism and code-switching, Language as a social practice, Language variation, Quantitative and qualitative approaches to language in society.
Social Sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for BLST, ESCH.
Spring 2026. Conrod.
Fall 2026. Fuller Medina.
Spring 2027. Fuller Medina.
Catalog chapter: Linguistics  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/linguistics


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