First-Year Seminars 110LG - Slang: Community/Power/Lang.

Fall
2017
01
4.00
Mark Shea
TTH 11:30AM-12:45PM
Mount Holyoke College
101136
Dwight Hall 202
markshea@mtholyoke.edu
Language is a living system. It grows and changes, despite efforts to preserve it. This course examines how slang participates in these changes. What separates slang from standard language, and who sets the standard? Through readings in linguistics and literature, this course examines how we use language to connect, create, and control.
First-year students only, by placement.
This class may be especially suitable for students who do not identify as native speakers of English.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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