Linguistic Anthropology

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Prerequisite: ANT 102 Study of Culture, or ANT/LIN 220 Introduction to Language and Linguistics, or ENG 311 Elements of Linguistics, or permission of instructor. Introduction to the study of language, culture, and society. Topics include principles of linguistic analysis (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics), the ethnography of speaking, quantitative sociolinguistics, language contact and change, language and expressive culture, and language and gender.