Date:  Thu, 11 May 1995 07:58:00 -0500

From:  Ron Rabin <RABINRL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>

Subject: Re: Lgstcs in the core curric.



I'd like to offer an introductory sociolinguistics course and would

appreciate suggestions for texts or small collections of paperbacks to

use. The course would enroll freshmen to seniors and probably be

lecture format.

I would also appreciate suggestions from those who teach/taught such a

course on ways students enjoy having emphasis placed: social structure

for the society as a whole, for ethnic groups (including settlement

patterns), particular ethnic groups (Afro-Americans in the inner-city

or rural), socio-economic distinctions, etc. Or perhaps a more

anthropological approach looking at cultural functions and the

integration of language into cultural rules generally.

Ron Rabin

Buffalo State College