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A person’s language and language use reflect their background, identity, and intentions in conversation. This course provides an introduction to sociolinguistics which studies language use as a social behavior. We will cover foundation issues, analytical tools and current debates in sociolinguistics, based on Miriam Meyerhoff’s textbook “Introducing Sociolinguistics” (available online in the HU library), including the following topics: variation and language, variation and style, language attitudes, (im)politeness in interactions, multilingualism and language choice, language change, social class, social networks, and gender. |
