Functions of language in the exchange of meanings between people in a wide variety of communicative situations. Semantic and syntactic resources at risk in these different contexts. Interactions between language and the social context. Precludes additional credit in LALS 4709 or LALS 5102 (no longer offered). Prerequisite(s): third-year standing in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, or Linguistics, or Journalism, or Communication Studies, or permission of the instructor.Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ALDS 5102, for which additional credit is precluded.Lectures three hours a week.
