Linguistic anthropology is the study of language use in social life. Linguistic anthropologists study the diversity of the world's languages and the diversity of language use and other forms of ...

John Gumperz dedicated his life to language. A UC Berkeley professor emeritus of anthropology, he died at the age of 91 on Friday in Santa Barbara. Gumperz was an intellectual and adventurer — a ...

The SLA 2022 Spring Conference was jointly organized by the Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) and the Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP) at the University of Colorado ...

The Department of Anthropology offers courses in social-cultural, archaeological, biological and linguistic anthropology. The major is structured to provide an introduction to anthropology’s core ...

People make meaning in and through language. We collaboratively produce narrative accounts of experience with those around us, according to—or in resistance to—normative frameworks for communication.

Office: Washington Hall 117 Email: [[maharvey01]] Areas of Specialization: Linguistic Anthropology; Language Revitalization I study variation in languages undergoing revitalization (particularly ...

Foreword / by A.L. Kroeber -- General introduction -- Orthographic note -- pt. I. The scope of linguistic anthropology -- pt. II. Equality, diversity, relativity -- pt. III. World view and grammatical ...

Anthropology at Miami emphasizes a holistic approach to learning through experiences in a wide variety of courses, independent studies, and field research. The core courses lay a foundation in ...