Linguistic Anthrop & Stud Engl

Catalog description

Linguistic Anthropology and the Study of English provides graduate students rich tools and analyses of various social and linguistic practices. In particular, we will focus on issues in communication analysis to link interactional and institutional orders. This involves a critical reexamination of the mediated nature of \201Cidentity\201D regarding linguistic forms, material objects, persons, and collectivities. In our efforts to apprehend the cultural meaningfulness and systematic nature of language as a form of social action, we will develop a model for making sense of what has been called the \201Ctotal linguistic fact\201D: structure, context, ideology, and domain. How does language produce social realities? How does language construct us as individuals and mark us as members of groups? What role does language play in socialization, globalization, and domination? This course offers an introduction in the form of theoretical insights, methodological tools, and ethnography. This course teaches how language reflects and creates thought, culture, and power relations. You will also learn how to apply the concepts we study to your own everyday experiences with language. Students will examine how language works, its grammatical pattern, and its role in shaping social life. As an online course, students will engage in virtual cross-disciplinary dialogue through spoken and written forms, the principles of multifunctionality of language, language ideologies, practice, and research processes in linguistic anthropology. Prerequisites: EDTS500 Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Health and Human Sciences School of Education