ENG 2040 LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY
This course will introduce students to the discipline of sociolinguistics, the various ways that language is used and misused in society, and will serve as a good introduction to the idea that language and culture are inextricable. Some of the many topics to be explored are the influences of language in the following areas: thought, gender, ethnicity, age, politics, advertising, religion, education, social class and the media.