Dr. Lynn Burley

Email: Lburley@mail.uca.edu

Office: Thompson Hall 337 

Office phone: 450-3633

Hours:      MWF 9:00-10:00     

              Monday 2:00-3:00

              TTH 9:00-10:45

Required Texts:

Wardhaugh, Ronald.  An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. 4^th ed. Cambridge: Blackwell,

2002.

Wolfram, Walt and Natalie Schilling-Estes.  American English.  Oxford: Blackwell,

1998.

COURSE GOALS

Students will be able to

·        understand the social factors affecting language use

·        explain the origin and maintenance of regional language varieties

·        write a description of a language variety

·        understand the social roles of gendered language

·        define and use the concepts concerning speech communities

·        understand the dialect patterns of the United States