Undergraduate Courses in Linguistics

Undergraduate Courses

CAS LX 110 Say What' Accents, Dialects, and Society

4 credits. Fall and Spring

The Individual in Community
Research and Information Literacy
Social Inquiry I

Exploration of how variation in accents and dialects interacts with various aspects of society and human life. Students examine how dialect variation arises, how it can be described, and how it interacts with literature, film, humor, and music. Cannot be taken for credit by students who have previously taken, or are currently taking, CAS LX 250 or a higher-level linguistics course. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, The Individual in Community, Research and Information Literacy.

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Chair of Department

Neil Myler Associate Professor

myler@bu.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Paul Hagstrom Associate Professor

lingdus@bu.edu