INTRO TO
GRADUATE LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
ANT 392n meets w/ LIN 396 Instructor: Stross
As the graduate
core course in linguistic anthropology, it consists of lectures and class
discussions in a seminar format, introducing major topics in linguistic
anthropology (the study of language in relation to culture and society). Topics covered include: Language Structure
and Function; Language and World View; Ethnosemantics; Speech Socialization;
Ethnography of Speaking; Speech Play and Verbal Art; Language and Social Structure;
Variation in Language and Speech; Language
Change and Reconstruction; Nonverbal
Communication (including Writing Systems).
No prior training in linguistics is presupposed.
1) Class preparation and appropriate
class participation.
2) During the semester three papers based
on assigned projects (5-10 pages each)
3) Student facilitation of half of each
class. Each person will conduct an hour
of discussion of readings.
course grade
determined by, three assigned projects, and by class preparation and
participation.
PREREQUISITES:
Graduate standing required.
Restricted enrollment, contact the Anthropology Dept. for permission to
register for this course.
N.
Bonvillain Language, Culture and Communication [any
edition] (required)
B. Blount (ed.) Language,
Culture, and Society [2nd Edition] (required)
K. Basso Portraits of "The
Whiteman (optional)
P.P. Giglioli, Language and
Social Context (optional)
R. Bauman and J. Sherzer, Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking (optional)