ANT 344 - Sociolinguistics

(4 credits)

Prerequisite(s): ANT 304 Linguistic Anthropology. An introduction to theory and method in sociolinguistics with examination of both the quantitative and the qualitative paradigms. Quantitative sociolinguistics, also known as variation theory, correlates linguistic variation with social structure relying on the statistical treatment of data. The qualitative paradigm also examines language variation in relation to social structure but has been more traditionally concerned with language use in social context in non-Western societies.

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