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LYING, SWEARING, AND BREAKING THE RULES: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF SPANISH

SPANISH 225
Course Description

Introduction to the basic concepts of linguistics as a discipline and explore real-world Spanish use (e.g., blogs and vlogs, language corpora, press, film, recorded conversations, class visitors, etc.) and how that use varies across regions, speakers, and communicative contexts. Through examination of how different Spanish speakers deploy language in contexts such as confronting social taboos, expressing humor, being polite (or impolite), persuading particular audiences, and negotiating individual and cultural identities, students will gain a foundational understanding of several areas of linguistic study, including phonetics/ phonology, morphosyntax, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, language ideologies, and language variation and change.

Prerequisties

SPANISH 226 or concurrent enrollment, or SPANISH 311 or concurrent enrollment

Satisfies
Credits

3

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average
3.58

8.67% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

2.34% from Historical

A Rate
48.72%

34.06% from Historical

Class Size
78

-10.8% from Historical

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