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LING 320 — Sociolinguistics 1

A survey of language in its social context. The main focus will be on the influence of social factors like age, gender, social class and speech style on linguistic variation and change. Contact amongst languages (e.g. in Montreal) and the birth and death of languages will also be discussed.

  • Rating: 3.86 out of 5 from 461 student reviews
  • Difficulty: 3.50 out of 5
  • Credits: 3
  • Faculty: Faculty of Arts
  • Department: Linguistics
  • Prerequisite: LING 201.