ENG302L - World Englishes

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
A survey of the varieties of contemporary English, their unique linguistic features and their roles in speech communities in the U.S. and around the world. Linguistic analysis of the finer features of written, oral, and electronic English is conducted through fieldwork. Depending on student interest, discussion topics may include effects of social media on English, vernacular poetry, slang, forensics, miscommunication, gender roles, Spanglish and other non-native Englishes. Coursework includes an individual project to help each student advance his/her scholarly or professional goals. Students interested in learning about linguistics, conversational analysis, communication disorders, forensics, dialectology, multilingualism, ESL education, intercultural communication, ethnography or anthropology should find this course useful. (Fulfills the Theory requirement for the Literature and Writing concentrations.)