SPA 549 - Seminar in Language & Culture

A course in the fundamental aspects of the social features of human language and Spanish in particular. Class discussion includes definition and analysis of basic terms and principles of sociolinguistics, linguistic variation and factors such as sex, sociocultural level of speakers and communities, age, languages in contact and the relevance of sociolinguistics to second language instruction.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Spanish M.A.T. program

Credits: 3