Building upon the solid foundation in the broad principles of sociolinguistic inquiry developed in LIN/ANT/SOC 506, this course explores current theoretical debates in sociolinguistics by introducing a series of alternative frameworks, which may include paradigms like traditional Labovian sociolinguistics or the exploration of sociolinguistic concepts in social theory, and students will be responsible for assessing and critiquing each framework as presented. This course may require LIN 640 taken concurrently.