Sociolinguistics

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Understand how every day, simply by speaking, we reconstruct the world and our place in it: our age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, place of origin and more. Grapple with the following questions: How does language reflect and create social difference? Why do languages change? What is the role of language legislation and language education in working for social justice? Topics may include linguistic diversity in Milwaukee, World Englishes, language and gender, and African-American English.