Introduction to Language, Culture, and Social Interaction

This course is an introduction to the study of language as a communication system and to contemporary thought on the interrelationships among language, culture, and social interaction and their fundamental links to social identities and discourse communities in today’s culturally diverse and technology driven environments. It investigates the fundamental links of language, culture, and social interaction to social identities, social role relationships, and discourse communities. This course counts for the Global and International Studies (GLIS) interdisciplinary major in the Culture and Identity pathway.