ANTH 180 - Language and Culture

Description:
This course is an introduction to the scientific and anthropological study of language, concerning its structure and function as an omnipresent system in communication, cognition, and socialization, and its relationship with culture, society, and power. Course will be offered every year (Winter, Spring, Summer).

Credits: (5)

General Education Category: K6 - Individual & Society

General Education Pathways: P1 Civic & Community Engagement

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe how critical language is to cultural adaptation and intellectual development, and how unique language is to human socialization.
Examine your own beliefs in and attitude toward languages, dialects, and accents used in a community and elsewhere.
Apply linguistic tools and techniques to language description: phonetically transcribe words, delineate and justify the internal structure of words, group linguistic elements into classes, and explain differences of meaning.
Explain the linguistic concepts and realize that all human languages are creative, have a grammar, change over time, and culturally transmitted.
Analyze human speech acts, norms, or discourses using linguistic theories and methods.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
12/21/17

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