ANT6912 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
3 Credit Hours
Student Level:
This course is open to students at the freshman or sophomore college level.
Catalog Description:
ANT6912 - Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (3 hrs)
[KRSN ANT2010]
An introduction to the basic principles and methodology and of linguistic research as applied by anthropologists to sociocultural questions.
Course Classification:
Lecture
Prerequisites:
None
Controlling Purpose:
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles and practices of linguistic anthropology, and establish for the student the place of linguistics in the four-field approach to anthropology.
Learner Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course the student will develop a working knowledge of the basic principles, methodology, and application of linguistic anthropology. The student will develop research, writing, critical thinking and communications skills.
Core Outcomes:
The learning outcomes and competencies detailed in this course meet, or exceed the learning outcomes and competencies specified by the Kansas Core Outcomes Project for this course, as sanctioned by the Kansas Board of Regents.
Unit Outcomes for Criterion Based Evaluation
The following outline defines the minimum core content not including the final examination period. Instructors may add other material as time allows.
UNIT 1: Linguistics in Anthropology
Outcomes: Upon Completion of this unit, students will be able to successfully…
- Define anthropology as a four-field discipline, and define the place of linguistics in the overall anthropological method
- Define & describe culture as a system of ideology, technology, social organization and environment
- Define & describe the anthropological method, including the concepts of fieldwork and participant observation
- Define folk models, and construct analytical models
UNIT 2: Language and Culture
Outcomes: Upon Completion of this unit, students will be able to successfully…
- Define & describe the ways in which language defines culture
- Discuss the concept of linguistic relativity
- Define & describe the ways in which language, thought and culture interact
- Express and interpret the relevant theories and some case-study data pertaining to the relationship of language & culture
UNIT 3: Phonology
Outcomes: Upon Completion of this unit, students will be able to successfully…
- Define phonemes
- Define & distinguish among acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics, and articulatory phonetics and descriptive phonetics
- Explain & interpret standard phonetic systems
- Describe the mechanics of human sound production
UNIT 4: Morphology
Outcomes: Upon Completion of this unit, students will be able to successfully…
- Define free morphemes and bound morphemes
- Define & distinguish among descriptive grammar, generative grammar and prescriptive grammar
- Define & apply the central concepts and techniques of morphological analysis
- Define and distinguish between syntax and deep structure
- Understand basic rules of linguistic syntax
UNIT 5: Language in Use and Practice
Outcomes: Upon Completion of this unit, students will be able to successfully…
- Define, describe and apply the basics of conversation analysis and discourse analysis
- Define and apply the concepts of communicative competence, linguistic competence, mutual intelligibility, linguistic community and community of practice
- Define & describe the linguistic genres
- Define with examples linguistic instrumentalities
- Define and apply basic ethnography of communication
- Define and apply basic ethnography of speaking
UNIT 6: Nonverbal Communications and Writing Systems
Outcomes: Upon Completion of this unit, students will be able to successfully…
- Define the broad concept of nonverbal communication
- Define & apply the concepts of paralanguage, proxemics and kinesics
- Define and distinguish between alphabetic, complete, logographic, syllabic, partial and pictographic writing systems
- Define and distinguish between graphemes and lexemes
- Define phonetic and semantic determinatives
UNIT 7: Language Acquisition & Change; The Practice of Linguistic Anthropology
Outcomes: Upon Completion of this unit, students will be able to successfully…
- Define and describe various theories that address the processes of language acquisition, including knowledge of associated regions of the brain
- Recognize the conditions and mechanisms of language change, and apply these principles in one or more case studies
- Describe the relationships among language use, language change, cultural identity and power
- Recognize the conditions that lead to languages becoming threatened, and identify currently threatened and extinct languages
- Understand the process of language revitalization, and the work of linguistic anthropologists in the field to assist threatened languages
Projects Required:
Research paper
Language learning project (i.e. learning a story, poem, song, etc in a field language and performing it)
Textbook:
Contact bookstore or instructor for current textbook.
Materials/Equipment Required:
Attendance Policy:
Students should adhere to the attendance policy outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Grading Policy:
The grading policy will be outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Maximum class size:
Based on classroom occupancy
Course Time Frame:
The U.S. Department of Education, Higher Learning Commission, and the Kansas Board of Regents define credit hour and have specific regulations that the college must follow when developing, teaching, and assessing the educational aspects of the college. A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally-established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester hour of credit or an equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. The number of semester hours of credit allowed for each distance education or blended hybrid courses shall be assigned by the college based on the amount of time needed to achieve the same course outcomes in a purely face-to-face format.
Refer to the following policies:
402.00 Academic Code of Conduct
263.00 Student Appeal of Course Grades
403.00 Student Code of Conduct
Disability Services Program:
Cowley College, in recognition of state and federal laws, will accommodate a student with a documented disability. If a student has a disability which may impact work in this class which requires accommodations, contact the Disability Services Coordinator.
Disclaimer: This Information is Subject to Change. For the Official Course Procedure Contact Academic Affairs.
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