Language and Power

IHSS-1492

Language is one of the most powerful forces in the human experience and shapes the production of social identities and cultural assumptions about the world. This course examines the role that language plays in articulating, maintaining, and subverting power relations in society. Topics include language ideology, politics, gender, race/ethnicity, linguistic engineering, language death and revitalization, and disinformation. Â

4 credits Communication Intensive HASS Inquiry
Prereqs:
none

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2023
Language And Power (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Susan Lynn Smith
Seats Taken: 0/19
2022
Language And Power (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Susan Lynn Smith
Seats Taken: 19/19
2021
Language And Power (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 18/19
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