ANTH 381 - Anthropology of Language (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)

Description:
Language as a culture trait. Influence of language on other human institutions. Includes psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, ethnographic semantics, and multilingualism in its sociocultural setting. Meets anthropology subfield Linguistics (L). (Put on reserve 9/1/2020, will go inactive 8/24/23)

Credits: (4)

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

Describe how language can differ in terms of grammar and vocabulary.
Explain the importance of language in doing anthropological research and fieldwork.
Describe theories regarding language origin and how and why language develops in various ways.
Name and define the design features of language.
Explain how sociocultural factors bring about language variations and innovations and how they are studied.
Apply methods and techniques used in linguistic anthropology for language analysis.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/3/19

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