ECS 7656 - Language and Identity

This course is grounded in critical sociolinguistic perspectives and will explore the ways in which language intersects with personal and group identities and with systems of power and privilege. Students will examine how language use reflects and shapes personal and group identities, and how it can be used as a tool for social and political empowerment or marginalization. The course will also consider the role of language in the construction and negotiation of social and cultural identities, and how these identities intersect with other social identities, such as race, ethnicity, gender, and class. This course meets with ECS 6656. Students enrolled in ECS 7656 will be held to a higher standard of performance and may be assigned additional work.