Graduate Catalog

LIN 741 Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities

An examination of the theories and principles of sociolinguistics with specific reference to sign languages and Deaf communities around the world. Topics include multilingualism, bilingualism, and language contact, variation, discourse analysis, language policy and planning and language attitudes.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

All first year Linguistics MA courses or by permission of instructor.

Distribution

Doctorate, Graduate