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Monday 4-7pm, Accolade East, room 008
Course description:
This course surveys the field
of language contact, with focus on the linguistic consequences of contact
and relevant applied issues. Topics covered in the course include: societal
and individual bilingualism; language maintenance and shift; language
planning and education; language death; code switching and borrowing; and
pidgins and creoles. Students develop
skills necessary for graduate-level research, including library research,
proper citation, critical reading, presentation and academic writing.
Happy Holidays, everyone!
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