ANTH B4

Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

This introductory course serves as a foundation for understanding language from an anthropological perspective, addressing such core questions as how, what, when, where, why and with whom we communicate. This course surveys three core areas in linguistic anthropology: structural linguistics; historical linguistics: including the biological basis for language; and socio-cultural linguistics and issues of language conservation and loss.

Units: 3.0

Hours: 54.0