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2015-2016 Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SPA 549 - Seminar in Language and Culture


A course in the fundamental aspects of the social features of human language and Spanish in particular.  Class discussion includes definition and analysis of basic terms and principles of sociolinguistics, linguistic variation and factors such as sex, sociocultural level of speakers and communities, age, languages in contact and the relevance of sociolinguistics to second language instruction.

Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in Spanish or permission of instructor.

Credits: 3