Language, Power, and Social Justice

Prerequisite: none
Grade Level: 12
Semesters: 1
Credit: 0.5

This course examines the connections between language, power, and social justice. Using ideas and methods from linguistic anthropology, students will explore how current inequalities at the local, national, and global levels are perpetuated through language. Drawing on contemporary examples, students will learn how language can both produce and combat inequalities in many of these areas.