Description
This course is an introduction to the study of language and its role in culture,
which includes study of the historical, social, cultural, technological, and
political factors that have influenced the history and diversity of the English
language; English as a global language; the influence of language in the
construction of social, communal and individual identifies; the role of language inrelationships; language acquisition studies; language and media; the basics of
linguistics and socio-linguistics; and social and political language issues.