Discover the remarkable ways in which our society is a reflection of our language and how our linguistic choices play a determining role in every aspect of our lives.
Language and Society: What Your Speech Says About You
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: What Does Your Speech Say about You?
- 02: Does Language Influence Worldview?
- 03: What Is Sociolinguistics?
- 04: Four Levels of Language Variation
- 05: How Do Dialects Develop?
- 06: Language Change-What's New Is Old Again
- 07: The Origin and History of American Dialects
- 08: Your Shifty Vowels
- 09: Vowel Shifts and Regional American Speech
- 10: Language and Social Class
- 11: Sex, Age, and Language Change
- 12: Language Attitudes and Social Perception
- 13: Language as a Communicative Process
- 14: Making Sense of Conversational Intentions
- 15: Analyzing Conversation
- 16: The Mechanics of Good Conversation
- 17: Mind Your Manners-Politeness Speech
- 18: Linguistic Style and Repertoire
- 19: The Gender Divide in Language
- 20: Ethnic Identity and Language
- 21: Socializing Children into Language
- 22: Language, Adolescence, and Education
- 23: Textspeak-2 Bad 4 English?
- 24: The Changing Face of Linguistic Diversity
Taught by
Valerie Fridland
