SPAN109 PO

Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics. Examines the phonological, morphological and syntactic aspects of modern Spanish to understand how it functions as a linguistic system. Includes a detailed unit on sociolinguistics, examining synchronic variation according to speaker (considering such variables as gender, age and class) and according to situations of use. Students will assemble a corpus of data collected from various media (audio, visual and textual) and use it to investigate a specific aspect of the structure of modern Spanish. Prerequisites: 44.

PO Area 1 Requirement, PO Language Requirement, All Languages, Linguistics & Cog Sci, Spanish