GLOS 4114 - Language and Social Justice

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ANTH 2020 or ANTH 2040, or AL 2101 or FORL 2101, or AL 2102 or FORL 2102.
Description
Same as ANTH 4114. This course focuses on the linguistic anthropological study of inequality and questions of social justice that arise. From the work of translation in institutional settings that often falls to bilingual children of immigrants to the marked evaluation of African-American English, students will explore how language is integral in processes of exclusion, stigma, and oppression. Global Scholars course.