SPAN 5070 - Spanish Variation and Change

Credits: 3
Max Credit: 3

Provides a general overview of issues in language change in the contemporary Spanish-speaking world. General topics include language vs. dialect, social factors affecting language variation/acquisition/maintenance, mechanisms of change, language contact effects, language attitudes, policy and planning, style and register and mixing of languages and bilingualism, among other, as they are seen in the Spanish language.

Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Dual Listed SPAN 4070.