ETHN 2500 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2024
Explores the relationship between race, ethnicity, and language and how they are co-constructed. How do speakers of different racial and ethnic groups use language differently, and what are the social implications of these different language varieties? Discusses the implications of ethnolinguistic variation on racial stereotypes, education, and the law. Recommended prerequisite: LING 1000. Same as LING 2500.
LING 2400 - Language, Gender and Sexuality
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Spring 2020 / Spring 2021
Familiarizes students with the effects of gender and sexuality on language use; discusses popular beliefs and scholarly theories about language and communication. Provides students with tools for exploring the role of language and gender.
LING 2500 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Explores the relationship between race, ethnicity, and language and how they are co-constructed. How do speakers of different racial and ethnic groups use language differently, and what are the social implications of these different language varieties? Discusses the implications of ethnolinguistic variation on racial stereotypes, education, and the law. Recommended prerequisite: LING 1000. Same as ETHN 2500.
LING 3100 - Language Sound Structures
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Spring 2022 / Fall 2023
Introduces the sounds of languages and their organization into phonological structures.
LING 6310 - Sociolinguistic Analysis
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2023
Serves as an advanced introduction to the empirical and theoretical foundations of contemporary sociolinguistic analysis, with special emphasis on linguistic variation, diversity and change.
LING 7310 - Social Semiotic Theory
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Spring 2022
Semiotics is the study of signs, how they are used, and how they are interpreted. What is a sign? What are the components of a sign? How do people use signs in social and linguistic practice and what purpose do these signs serve? What are the connections between objects and social meanings and how do these connections arise and transform? How do social meanings of signs stem from and transform social and cultural practice more broadly? This course will engage with key topics and concepts in the study of semiotic theory�e.g., indexicality, iconicity, enregisterment, embodiment, agency� and how these topics bear on research in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. Recommended prerequisite: LING 6310 or LING 6320.
LING 7800 - Open Topics in Linguistics
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Spring 2020
Various topics not normally covered in the curriculum; offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of instructors. Contact the department office for information.
