Instr: Jennifer Mattson
Office: CRT 697; 229-4230
e-mail: jennifr@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: MWF 10:00am-10:50am; EMS E206
Language in the United States (English 209) is a study of the languages and dialects of the U.S. We will discuss the social and political aspects of language use and examine issues of interethnic communication. Topics include English-only laws, bilingual education, code-switching, Ebonics, prescriptive vs. descriptive attitudes towards non-standard dialects, slang and jargon, language change, child language acquisition, the relationship between language and thought, and political correctness.
