LING 111

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduction to the role of language in globalization by examining communication issues concerning language use across cultural, political and geographic boundaries. Explores the interaction of language and other cultural forms in the global context. Among the topics discussed are issues of identity, spread of English and its acculturation to local contexts of use, creativity in language mixing, language in global pop cultures, language in cyberspace, as well as minority language experiences, and loss of indigenous languages.

This course can be used to fulfill either Western or Nonwestern general education categories, but not both.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Spring 2012 for:

• Cultural Studies - Western
• Cultural Studies - Non-West

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