Researching Cultures: Sociolinguistics of the Spanish-Speaking World

This course provides an introduction to the basic concepts in sociolinguistics. Sociolinguisticsfocuses on the symbolic value of language as an expression of group identity based on region,gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, age, or other ways of defining group affiliation. Notionssuch as speech community, sociolinguistic variable, phonological and syntactic variation, andfield methods will be included. The course also surveys other related topics such language incontact, bilingualism and Spanish in the United States, Spanish as heritage language, languageattitudes and language identity, and language and the law. We will focus on research examiningthe use of Spanish in Latin America, Spain, and the United States.
Course Attributes: EN H; AS HUM; AS LCD; AS SC; BU Hum; BU IS

Researching Cultures: Sociolinguistics of the Spanish-Speaking World

SPANISH 3660

Section 01