COM 350 - LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

College of Communication and Information

Credit(s): 3

An introductory survey course covering the relationship between language and various social and communication phenomena. Topics include: child and adult language learning; language and cognition; language variation and change; language and social identity (e.g., ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation); language and intergroup relations; linguistic stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; politeness and accommodation; linguistic biases. Emphasis is on a social-scientific, communication approach.

Approved for Distance Learning.