Language, Power, and Identity
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Course Information
Subject code
AL
Subject Code Description
Applied Linguistics
Course Number
1100
Course Title
Language, Power, and Identity
Catalog Subject and Course Number
AL 1100
Catalog Title
Language, Power, and Identity
Course Description (Combined)
AL 1100 develops an awareness of language as an important component of culture and communication. Students investigate the relationship between language, power, and identity by (1) examining how political, historical, and social factors that have shaped or challenged language conventions and standards; (2) analyzing how language choices can express unspoken viewpoints and ideologies and influence thought; and (3) studying how language is used to construct identities such as gender, ethnicity, Deaf, and national identity in domestic and global contexts. Through readings, multimedia, field observations, discussions, and writing, students relate these topics to their own language use.
Credit: 3
No Prerequisites and Corequisites