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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.

Sites in Linguistic Anthropology

Society for Linguistic Anthropology
A special section of the American Anthropological Association. Organizational information and list of contents of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.
Early American Anthropological Linguistics
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.
Concepts and Resources
A site maintained by a faculty member at Emory University, with definitions of selected terms in the field and a list of available resources.
Phonetics and Ethnolinguistics in Groningen
Dutch university research program focusing on the phonetic effects of cultural contact. Recent projects, publications.
Topics in Anthropological Linguistics
Concise treatments of various areas of concern in this field, including contact languages and the Whorf hypothesis.
Linguistic and Semiotic Anthropology at the University of Toronto
Subdivision of the Department of Anthropology. Offers a description of the field, events,and links to resources.
Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Michigan
Doctoral research program focusing on combining social theory with the analysis of linguistic form. Field description, faculty list, admissions information.
Michicagoan 2000: Histories and Ideologies of Linguistics
Second annual meeting of graduate students from the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Schedule, abstracts.
Publications of Daniel Moonhawk Alford
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.
Philadelphia Papers on Linguistic Anthropology
Assembled papers on this topic from the 1998 meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Various document formats.
Language Exploration
Basic concepts, definition of "ethnolinguistics." From Maricopa Community College.

sub categories in Linguistic Anthropology

Ape Sign Language Ape Sign Language
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

cross references

Science : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural Anthropology Science : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural Anthropology
Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Comparative Linguistics and Typology Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Comparative Linguistics and Typology
Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Dialectology Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Dialectology
Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Historical Linguistics Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Historical Linguistics
Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Pragmatics : Discourse Analysis Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Pragmatics : Discourse Analysis

other references

Science : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Anthropologists : Linguistic Anthropologists Science : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Anthropologists : Linguistic Anthropologists
Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Languages : Natural Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Languages : Natural
Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Sociolinguistics Science : Social Sciences : Linguistics : Sociolinguistics
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