ANTH 1665 - LANGUAGE, ETHNICITY AND NATIONALISM

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores how people use language to construct ethnicity, and the role that language plays in theories and ideologies of nationalism. Using cross-cultural examples from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., We consider issues such as language standardization and planning, the challenges facing multilingual nation-states, ethnolinguistic revitalization movements, the linguistic aspects of colonialism, including pidgins and creoles, and the linguistic and cultural aspects of the spread of English as a global language.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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