Opportunities in the global community depend on communication between people of different cultures and languages, across the world or within a single country. This unit explores three aspects of this global multilingualism from linguistic perspectives. Firstly, it examines the background of the distribution of languages around the world and their statuses in the social contexts of different countries. Secondly, just as different cultures may have different languages, there are also different ways of communicating. Even where people are speaking the same language, these different ways of communicating can result in miscommunication which is sometimes subtle and can undermine the goals of... -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor Celeste Rodriguez Louro
