2021w-apling2430m-03

AP/LING2430 3.0 M: Language, Power and Persuasion

Offered by: LING


 Session

Winter 2021

 Term

W

Format

LECT

Instructor

Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite

Investigates the role of language in creating and maintaining power asymmetries in society. Various types of discourse are analyzed to determine the means by which participants create and maintain dominance, power and status. Specific topics include: the relationship between linguistic structure and thought, language ideology, political discourse, legal discourse, cross cultural discourse, and classroom discourse.


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