Anthropology 1020E/001 – Many Ways of Being Human

FIRST TERM (Pennesi and Walsh)
How will the course work? How can students succeed? What is anthropology?
Sept. 10
What is linguistic anthropology?
Sept. 12 anthropology; linguistics; linguistic anthropology; methods
Required Readings: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 1, 2
What is unique about human language?
Sept. 17 development of language; design features; nonverbal communication
Required Readings: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 5, 6
Sept. 19 language acquisition; multilingualism
Required Reading: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 7
How and why do languages change?
Sept. 24 sound systems; word structure; meaning; sentence structure
Required Readings: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 3, 4
Sept. 26 processes of language change; reconstruction of languages
Required Reading: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 8
How is language used to accomplish social goals?
Oct. 1 dialects; styles; pidgins and creoles; ethnography of communication
Required Readings: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 9, 10
Oct. 3
verbal art; performance and performativity
THANKSGIVING Oct. 8
How do we use language to divide and unite people?
Oct. 10 linguistic ideology; indexicality
Required Reading: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 13
Oct. 15
Oct. 17
identity; gender; race; ethnicity
standard and non-standard language
Assignment 1 due on Oct. 17
How does language affect the way we think?
Oct. 22 linguistic relativity; colours and kinship
Required Reading: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 12
How can we apply linguistic anthropology?
Oct. 24 language planning; language revitalization; translation; law; ethics
Required Reading: Salzmann, Stanlaw, Adachi Ch. 14