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LING 4455 - English Language in Society

Credits: 3
A detailed examination of English language dialects, dialect formation, dialectology, sociolinguistic patterns resulting in English language change in progress, style, register, variation in usage, English social dialects (including men and women’s speech), languages in contact, English pidgins and creoles, Black English, and other themes that are appropriate. Prereq: LING 3360