Summer 2025
Sociolinguistics and Sociology of Language
Dates: June 09, 2025 - July 07, 2025Day/Time: Wednesday; Friday 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Level: 300-Level
Instructor: Oleksandr Vasiukov, Smolny Beyond Borders
Sociolinguistics and Sociology of Language focuses on linguistic diversity in modern societies and how we use languages in our everyday life. The course will introduce classic and modern theories of linguistic anthropology and cover a wide range of problems connected with the legal status and social prestige of different idioms. We will examine the specificity of language choice in different ethnic, religious, and regional communities, across generations and in political groups, and as the object of state policy.
Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS