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Language in Action: An Open Invitation to Linguistic Anthropology (remixed by Debbie Klein)

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Language in Action: An Open Invitation to Linguistic Anthropology (remixed by Debbie Klein)

Welcome! This course explores the central role of language and communication in social life. We will explore the foundational relationship between language and culture by examining anthropological approaches to the study of language. We will learn how language both reflects and creates thought, culture, and power relations. We will investigate these questions: What is language? In what ways do we use it? Why does language matter?

Social Sciences
Author
Debbie Klein
Publisher
Gavilan College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 41 sections
  1. 01: Language
  2. 02: Language Power and Privilege
  3. 2.01: Language and identity
  4. 2.02: Language and offence
  5. 2.03: Derogation toxicity and power imbalances
  6. 2.04: The power of names
  7. 2.05: Pronouns language change and the grammar police
  8. 2.06: Linguistic law enforcement
  9. 2.07: Legally enshrined harms
  10. 2.08: Exercise your linguistics skills
  11. 03: Conveying Meaning
  12. 3.01: Theory of Non-Verbal Communication- Important Concepts
  13. 3.02: Theory of Verbal Communication- Important Concepts
  14. 04: Child Language Acquisition
  15. 4.01: Tiny powerful language learners
  16. 4.02: When does language learning start
  17. 4.03: Phonemic contrast
  18. 4.04: Early language production
  19. 4.05: The Language environment and the so-called word gap
  20. 4.06: Understanding word combinations
  21. 4.07: Syntax in early utterances
  22. 4.08: Developing word meanings
  23. 4.09: Growing up bilingual (or multilingual)
  24. 4.10: Language milestones in the first two years
  25. 4.11: Exercise your linguistics skills
  26. 05: The Ethnolinguistic Perspective
  27. 5.01: Linguistic Relativity- The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
  28. 5.02: Lexical Differences Among Languages
  29. 5.03: Are You Familiar with Memes
  30. 06: Language Variation and Change
  31. 6.01: What is variationist sociolinguistics
  32. 6.02: Language varies
  33. 6.03: Language changes
  34. 6.04: Language conveys more than semantic meaning
  35. 6.05: Variationist methods and concepts
  36. 6.06: Sociolinguistic correlations - Place
  37. 6.07: Sociolinguistic correlations - Social status
  38. 6.08: Sociolinguistic correlations - Gender
  39. 6.09: Sociolinguistic correlations - Ethnicity
  40. 6.10: Exercise Your Linguistics Skills
  41. 07: Performance