Bilingualism in the United States

Catalog description

This course introduces students of any language to the sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism using examples of bilingual communities in the United States for study. It focuses on bilingualism as an individual phenomenon (i.e., how do languages develop and interact in the mind of a bilingual speaker) and as a social phenomenon (i.e., how do groups of bilinguals interact in a community and how does their language shape social structures and those social structures shape their bilingualism). While we will study the use of multiple languages in the US, this course uses English as the language of communication for all class-related activities.