Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology 3 unit

Catalog description

What can we say about this course? This introductory course serves as a foundation for understanding language from an anthropological perspective. We cover core questions such as how, what, when, where, why, and with whom we communicate. This course surveys core areas in linguistic anthropology including but not limited to: descriptive linguistics; comparative linguistics; sociocultural linguistics and biocultural linguistics, with an emphasis on regional language conservation.