LING 427 - Languages in Contact

Institution:

California State University-Northridge

Subject:

Linguistics and TESL Program

Description:

Preparatory: ANTH 310, ENGL 301 or COMS 420. This course examines various effects of language contact: the occurrence of lexical and grammatical borrowing, such as borrowings between English and Spanish, the emergence of pidgins and creoles and mixed languages along with the process of language attrition or death in the context of a dominant language. The course also addresses the ways in which speakers in multilingual speech communities navigate between the languages that they speak and the language planning efforts of multilingual communities that are aimed at controlling which language (variety) is used/taught in which setting such as the use of ASL versus signed English. Much of this course focuses on issues of special relevance to multilingual speech communities in the United States and on language contact effects between English and languages such as Armenian, Spanish, Russian, and Korean.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csun.edu

Phone Number:

(818) 677-1200

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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