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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

AAS 330 - Language and Society in South Asia


Study of the evolution, structure, and role of representative languages in South Asia. Focus is on multilingualism, lingua francas, national language, contact, convergence, and use, especially in education, administration, business, religion, literature, and the media. Topics may also include language, ethnic identity, and conflict; English in India; globalization and localization; and India’s impact on linguistics.

3 credits

Advisory Preq: LIN 101  

DEC: J

SBC: SBS+