Interactional Sociolinguists focus on language in its social context, the language used in interaction by closely observing a “speech event” in a particular community. Ethnographic research is used to ...

Disciplinary perspectives -- Methodologies -- Bilingualism and language contact -- Language policy, language ideology, and language atitudes -- Sociolinguists, the professions, and the public interest ...

Work in emerging fields such as sociologies of science and interactional sociolinguistics has raised new questions about how science is defined and what science education entails. This article ...

This track focuses on the role of language in social life. Students in the SAIL track will be introduced to a variety of theories and methods for analyzing language in diverse sociocultural, ...

Only two weeks ago, I attended a particular event as a PhD student. It was a seminar paying tribute to John Gumperz, one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics, who had passed away in March. While ...

The CU Department of Linguistics has a strong commitment to inclusive excellence at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Students are offered foundational coursework and research opportunities ...