LING 3480 - Lang & Social Justice

Institution:

University of Utah

Subject:

Linguistics

Description:

This course examines the role of language in social justice. Employing methodological approaches from the field of Linguistics, the course will explore topics such as standard and non-standard varieties, accent bias, minority language rights and policies, educational access and immersion/bilingual education, signed languages, pidgins and creoles, and language death. Students will analyze how language attitudes can translate to societal power and privilege, and discrimination, and explore how language inequity manifests itself in their immediate environment, and different societies, including examples from different communities and societies around the world.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.utah.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 581-7200

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

• HF - Humanities Exploration

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