LING 000/2230 - Language and Communication (3 cr.)
Description
The course examines the complex and multifaceted interplay between language and communication in multiple social contexts. It shows how variation in language use from genre to genre and from context to context could either enhance communication, or lead to miscommunication. Negotiating meaning in areas of sociology, anthropology, politics and business are all contexts where language plays a pivotal role in reaching successful communication. The course incorporates theoretical frameworks as provided by pragmatics, intercultural sociolinguistics and discourse analysis in order to examine the relationship between language and communication within the same context and between different context where other social factors affect communication.
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