Subject Area: Linguistics<br/><br/>Examines language in relation to society, with particular reference to the linguistic situation in Australia, and investates the correlations betwen linguistic variables and non-linguistic variables such as gender, age and social class. Topics include: regional and social variation, gender differences, politeness phenomena, language contact, multilingualism, language maintenance and shift, language policy and planning, and linguistic aspects of bilingualism. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 24 uoc in the Linguistics stream
