LING 248 - Seminar in Sociolinguistics

Prerequisite: LING 148 or permission of instructor
A critical survey of current research in sociolinguistics; research methodologies; theoretical issues concerning the relationship between linguistics variation and social variables, such as social class, ethnicity, gender, and social relations; bilingualism, multilingualism, world Englishes, and language planning; implications for language teaching.

Units: 3