Linguistic Anthropology
Language as social action: how speech shapes identity, power and thought.
ANTH-204 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Anthropology
Course content
- 1Language in anthropologyComing
- 2Sounds, words and grammar for anthropologistsComing
- 3Language, thought and the relativity debateComing
- 4Speech communities and variationComing
- 5Language and identityComing
- 6Language and genderComing
- 7Multilingualism and code-switchingComing
- 8Language ideologies and standard languagesComing
- 9Literacy and writing systemsComing
- 10Language endangerment and revitalizationComing
- 11Digital and online languageComing
- 12Doing linguistic fieldworkComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Language as social action: how speech shapes identity, power and thought.
Part of the Arts & Social Sciences stream, typically taken in year 2.