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English Sociolinguistics

22001421 - English Sociolinguistics
Faculty

Faculty of Languages and Communication

Department

English Language and Literature (Ceased Enrollment)

Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisite

_

Co-requisite

_

Distribution

3+0
This course introduces students to a basic fact about language in general and? English in particular. This fact is that English is not a single monolithic linguistic? system. Like other living languages English exhibits variation at all levels of? structure, from phonology to discourse. The course outlines and elaborates on the? parameters by which language use shows obvious differences. The basic parameters? are: region, social class, ethnic group, sex, age, situation, and mode of use in a variety? of professional fields-(registers).?