Language and Culture

3 ch (3C) (W) · Undergraduate

Learn how human experiences of the world emerge from the languages used to communicate in everyday life. Read foundational and contemporary studies in linguistic anthropology, the cross - cultural study of language use and communication. Using a range of ca se studies and ethnographic texts, consider how languages enable the communication of abstract ideas, and how cultural identities are sustained through these acts of communication. Explore issues of language policy and linguistic diversity, literacies and oral traditions, language and place, language vitality and revitalisation, and language use in popular cultures and media.