Language, Culture and Cognition.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online or face-to-face). 3 credits. Prerequisite: ANTH 220 or 230 . Introduces theoretical and methodological foundations for the study of language from sociocultural perspectives. The perspectives include linguistic, philosophical, psychological, sociological and anthropological contributions to the understanding of verbal and nonverbal communication as a social activity embedded in cultural contexts. No prior training in linguistics is presupposed. Crosslisted as: ANTH 328 / ENGL 392 / FRLG 328 .