SPAN 4130 SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES (3 credits)
This course looks at Spanish in the U.S. from a sociolinguistic perspective. Course topics include: Dialectal/regional differences, dialect contact, Spanish- English bilingualism and code-switching, "Spanglish", language maintenance, language ideologies surrounding Spanish in the U.S., and Spanish in public spheres (e.g., TV, movies, radio, music, stand-up comedy). (Cross-listed with SPAN 8136).
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 3030 or SPAN 3010 or instructor permission or SPAN 3570 and declared minor in Spanish for Health Sciences or SPAN 3050 and declared minor in Spanish for Health Sciences