Linguistic Anthropology Anthropology Social Sciences

Linguistic Anthropology Anthropology Social Sciences

Linguistic Anthropology

Linguistic anthropology is the holistic study of language in terms of culture. Traditionally, it was concerned with non-Western language and culture. Today, the field embraces the anthropological study of language in all societies.

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- A site maintained by a faculty member at Emory University, with definitions of selected terms in the field and a list of available resources.
- Dutch university research program focusing on the phonetic effects of cultural contact. Recent projects, publications.
- Assembled papers on this topic from the 1998 meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Various document formats.
- Basic concepts, definition of "ethnolinguistics." From Maricopa Community College.
- Second annual meeting of graduate students from the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Schedule, abstracts.
- Essay written by Kenneth Pike for the journal American Anthropologist. Contains reminiscences of many leading figures of this field in the early 20th century, such as Edward Sapir.
- Assorted publications and postings by this Piute thinker. Covers many aspects of the relationship of culture and language, including the legacy of Whorf and the anthropology of consciousness.
- Doctoral research program focusing on combining social theory with the analysis of linguistic form. Field description, faculty list, admissions information.
- Concise treatments of various areas of concern in this field, including contact languages and the Whorf hypothesis.
- A special section of the American Anthropological Association. Organizational information and list of contents of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.
- Subdivision of the Department of Anthropology. Offers a description of the field, events,and links to resources.

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