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Linguistics Courses in Anthropology

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ANT 120 Introduction to Language and Linguistics (4-0-4)
This course provides an introduction to the properties of human languages and to their systematic study in the field of linguistics. It provides the groundwork for future studies of language and communication in a broad range of disciplines: linguistics, modern languages, ESL, communication, sociolinguistics, and anthropological linguistics. It is assumed that students have had no prior course work or exposure to linguistics and will begin with the basic assumptions that are shared by those who study language from a variety of perspectives. Cross-listed with LIN 120. Social Science.
ANT 260 Language, Culture and Society
(4-0-4)		 Overview of the study of language in its cultural and social contexts. Topics may include the formation and maintenance of speech communities, variation of language within and across speech communities, how languages change in contemporary social contexts, the range of uses of language in social context, the verbal arts, oral folklore, and the development of writing systems. This course does not presume a background in either linguistics or anthropology. Cross-listed with LIN 260. Social Science.
ANT 304 Linguistic Anthropology (4-0-4). Prerequisite: ANT 102 Study of Culture OR ANT/LIN 120 Introduction to Language and Linguistics OR ENG/LIN 311 Elements of Linguistics OR Permission of the Instructor.. Introduction to the study of language, culture, and society. Topics include principles of linguistic analysis (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics), the ethnography of speaking, quantitative sociolinguistics, language contact and change, language and expressive culture, and language and gender.
ANT 340 Phonology
(4-0-4).		 Prerequisite: ANT/LIN 120 Introduction to Language and Linguistics OR ENG/LIN 311 Elements of Linguistics. Introduction to the scientific study of the sound systems of the world's living languages. Includes discussion of the basics of phonetic transcription and phonemic analysis and the development of formal models in phonology. Topics include articulatory and acoustic phonetics, the phoneme, phonological rules and representations, non-linear models, harmony processes, prosodic morphology, and sound symbolism. Cross-listed with LIN 340
ANT 341 Morphology and Syntax (4-0-4). Prerequisite: ANT/LIN 120 Introduction to Language and Linguistics OR ENG/LIN 311 Elements of Linguistics. Introduction to the description and analysis of word formation processes and sentence structure from a cross-linguistic perspective. Instruction in basic morphemic analysis and constituent testing using data drawn from languages outside the Indo-European family. Also includes an introduction to typological analysis in the study of morpho-syntax. Cross-listed with LIN 341
ANT 342 Languages in Contact (4-0-4). Introduction to the study of linguistic responses to culture contact in a variety of socio-historical contexts. Topics include language and trade, language and colonialism, pidgins and pidginization, creoles and creolization, dialect contact and the formation of koines. Cross-listed with LIN/MLA 342.
ANT 343 Language and Gender (4-0-4). Students are urged to take ANT 100 Human Diversity or ANT 102 Study of Culture before taking this course. Exploration of the connections between language and gender systems through a variety of theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and findings in recent research drawn from anthropological, linguistic, and psychological studies. Women's Studies course. Human Diversity.
ANT 344 Sociolinguistics (4-0-4). Prerequisite: ANT 304 Linguistic Anthropology. An introduction to theory and method in sociolinguistics with an examination of both the quantitative and the qualitative paradigms. Quantitative sociolinguistics, also known as variation theory, correlates linguistic variation with social structure relying on the statistical treatment of data. The qualitative paradigm also examines language variation in relation to social structure but has been more traditionally concerned with language use in social context in non-Western societies.
ANT 347 Maya Hieroglyphic Writing I
(4-0-4).		 Introduction to Classic Maya writing and texts from a linguistic and anthropological perspective. Students study the origins and functions of writing in Ancient Mesoamerica, examine the relationship of spoken languages to the script, and learn to decipher, analyze and interpret Maya hieroglyphic texts for information of general anthropological and linguistic interest such as dynastic history, social organization, ritual, cosmology and belief systems.
ANT 349 American Indian Languages (4-0-4). Prerequisite: ANT 304 or ENG 311. The objective of this course is to increase appreciation of American Indian languages understood in their various cultural contexts. It presents the language families and languages of North America and it examines the structure and functions of American Indian poetry, song, narrative, conversation, prayer and other forms of figurative language. [Does not count toward Linguistics major or minor, but does count as an Anthropology elective]
ANT 447 Maya Hieroglyphic Writing II
(4-0-4).		 Prerequisite: ANT 347. Building on the basic knowledge and skills learned in ANT 347, students will decipher increasingly more challenging texts in order to reach a more sophisticated understanding of Maya hieroglyphic decipherment, and its implications for understanding and revising the history of Classic Maya civilization.

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