EDS 771 - Sociolinguistics

3 Credit(s) This course investigates the relationship between language and human society. Students will evaluate current and classic sociolinguistic theory and research and will gather original data in an original research paper. Students will become familiar with a variety of topics applicable to this field including language variety; language and ethnicity; language, literacy and education; language choice; language and
gender; and aspects of language and culture. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 771.
Pre-requisite: ENG 770N/EDS 770N