LING-451 Bilingualism

Faculty:

Alatis, James

This course provides an introduction to psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, and policy perspectives on bilingualism. Readings cover both current and classic concepts in the field with an eye to understanding and critically reviewing essential research findings, research paradigms, and theory. The course is loosely divided into three parts. Part One focuses on sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism, including types of bilingual societies, language maintenance and loss, and ideologies of bilingualism. Part Two addresses psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism; here we cover issues such as the relationship between bilingualism and cognition, language differentiation, and code-switching. Finally, Part Three of the course integrates and applies these two lines of research to explore political and policy perspectives on bilingualism, including analysis of bilingual education politics and practices in the U.S. and abroad and (de)construction of English language/anti-bilingual movements. (Note: Ling-359 or similar course is pre-requisite.)

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: LING-359 (or similar course)

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• 2004-2005 Fall and Spring
• 2005-2006 Fall and Spring
• 2009-2010 Fall and Spring
• 2010-2011 Fall and Spring
• 2012-2013 Fall and Spring
• 2013-2014 Fall and Spring

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