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Not offered in the current semester · Last offered AY2019/2020 Semester 1
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Language Variation

Last offered — AY2019/2020 Semester 1

In this course you will learn about the connection between language and social factors, such as social class, ethnicity, and identity. In this course you will also discover how social dialects mark specific social groups or classes. As sociolinguistics these days are typically concerned with social variation, this course aims to review core studies in sociolinguistics that have informed research on social-class variation in language. This course also provides you with training in quantitative sociolinguistic research from various backgrounds in language variation studies.

AUs3.0 AUs
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PrerequisiteHG2020
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Not Available As BDE/UE To Programme
Not Available As Core To Programme
Not Available As PE To Programme
Mutually Exclusive With
Not Offered As BDEYes
Not Offered As Unrestricted Elective
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Total hours per week: 3 hrs