HUL873
| HUL873 | |
|---|---|
| Language, Culture and Society | |
| Credits | 3 |
| Structure | 3-0-0 |
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HUL873 : Language, Culture and Society
[edit]What is language? How does it relate to the ‘collective consciousness' of a society? How does language relate to ideology and when does Courses of Study 2024-2025 Humanities and Social Sciences 234language become ‘linguistic capital'? This course introduces students to some theoretical approaches to the study of language in social anthropology, such as structuralism and Marxism. This will be followed by studies of language movements, language policy in colonial and postcolonial India. The course concludes with questions of ‘free speech', ‘hate speech' and some debates on censorship.