LING 3760:World Englishes

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This writing-intensive course is a study of the unprecedented growth of English on a global scale. It examines the current state of English in the world and the cultural and social factors that have given rise to a number of different varieties of English. These varieties, attitudes towards them, and implications for various written media are explored.