ANT 347 Linguistic Anthropology
Communicating with language is a defining characteristic of being human. The simple fact that combinations of noises issuing from our mouths reliably cause ideas to arise in other people’s minds is remarkable, yet we often forget its uniqueness. Anthropologists, however, also appreciate that language is a crucial part of creating and maintaining culture as it is lived every day. Surveying the fields of descriptive linguistics, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology, this course explores the myriad junctures between language, communication, and culture.