L205: Language & Style (3 cr)
Instructor: Robert Port
MWF 9:05 - 9:55, SY 241
Section: 2852


A study of variation in language styles. Geographic, social, sexual,
and situational linguistic variation will be studied.  The specialized
forms and functions of the languages of politics, advertising,
religion and literature will be examined in detail, as will various
strategies for verbal manipulation.