Prerequisite: NONE 

     Requirements: Reading assigned texts by date scheduled on syllabus. 
      Participating in class. (10%) 
     Exams & Quizzes as set (60%) 
     Conversation Partner reports as assigned (20%) 
     Workbook problems as assigned (10%) 
     Up to 10% may be deducted for failure to keep up with readings and assignments. 

     Required Texts: Zdenek Salzmann: Language, Culture, & Society. Second Edition, 
     Westview Press, 1998. 
     Ottenheimer & Affane: Workbook/Reader for Introduction to Linguistic 
      Anthropology, 
     buy at Claflin Books. 

     Recommended Text: Peter Farb: Word Play, Random House, 1983. 

     Conversation Partnering: 
     You will be assigned to a conversation partner from another country. You should 
     meet with your conversation partner for at least one hour per week. Your goal is 
     to help your conversation partner improve and practice his or her English 
     competency. (If your first language is not English we will assign you to an 
     English-speaking conversation partner and your goal will be to help your 
     conversation partner learn some basic communication skills in your language.) 
     You will be expected to make use of what you are learning in class as you work 
     with your conversation partner. There will be several directed exercises that 
     will be assigned to guide you throughout the semester. Some will require library 
     research, some will require analyzing your own language and how it contrasts 
     with your conversation partner's language. If you encounter any difficulties 
     with this aspect of the course you must contact us immediately. 

     Course Description: 
     Linguistic anthropology is one of four basic subfields of anthropology. This 
     course provides a broadly-based entry-level introduction to linguistic 
     anthropology focusing on the interactions between language and culture, and 
     between language and social identity. We will explore the origins and 
     development of language, and the rich variety of languages in today's world. 
     Most importantly, in this class you will acquire the essential tools for 
     learning and analyzing languages in social and cultural context, and for 
     understanding the basics of intercultural communication. A special feature of 
     the course is the opportunity to develop your facility with language by 
     assisting a conversation partner from another country to learn your language. 

     Goals: 
     1. To gain an introductory knowledge of the full range of the field of 
      linguistic anthropology 
     2. To gain an awareness of contemporary research into language origins and 
     evolution 
     3. To understand of the complex interrelationships between language, culture and 
     social identity 
     4. To develop and demonstrate basic skill in the essential tools of learning and 
     analyzing languages in context 

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        Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology - ANTH 220 - Spring 1999 - Dr. H. J. 
                                        Ottenheimer 
                                 Schedule of assignments: 

     January 14 Introduction 
     19 Linguistics and Anthropology Salzmann 1 
     21 Workbook/Reader: Mitchell 
     26 Language and Communication Salzmann 2; (Farb 11) 
     28 Workbook/Reader: Aping Language; (Farb 12) 
     February 2 Language and Culture Salzmann 3; (Farb 8) 
     4 --language as a lens Workbook/Reader: Yucatec (Mayan) exercise 
     9 Learning to analyze: sounds Salzmann 4; (Farb 13); W/R: Bontoc; charts (pp 
     1-4) 
     11 --patterns of sounds W/R: Spanish, French,Chatino,Shinzwani,Chatino 
     16 --etics and emics W/R: Allophone conditioning, Camsa, Swahili, German, 

     Macedonian, Totonac,Persian 
     18 Learning to analyze: words Salzmann 
      5;(Farb14);W/R:Kanuri,Kurdish,Ganda,German 
     24 --patterns in words Swahili 1,2,3, Tepehua 
     26 --word order & phrases Swahili 4, English, Newspaper Headlines 
     March 2 Review 
     4 MIDTERM EXAM 
     9 Beginnings of language Salzmann 6; (Farb 15) 
     11 W/R: The Mother Tongue 
     16 How language changes Salzmann 7; W/R: Greenberberg & Ruhlen 
     18 --reconstructing languages W/R: Reconstruction 
     BREAK 
     30 Varieties of language Salzmann 8; (Farb 7) 
     April 1 --standards & dialects W/R: Haller 
     6 Language and identity Salzmann 9; (Farb 2) 
     8 --ethnicity, gender, bias W/R: 
      Hill (Farb 3) 
     13 Language across cultures Salzmann 10; (Farb 1); W/R: Tannen, Good Tracks 
     15 --language in America Video 
     20 --language ethnography (Farb 4) 
     22 Body languages Salzmann 11; (Farb 10); Hickey/Thompson 
     27 --writing (Farb 6); Japanese 
     29 Playing with language Salzmann 12; (Farb 5) 
     May 4 Into the future Salzmann 13; (Farb 16); Diamond 
     6 Summary & review for Final exam 
     12 9:40-11:30 a.m., Final exam time 

     Conversation Partner writing exercise due dates: 
     1. Write about your first meeting February 11 
     2. Compare your consonant chart with your CP's (mostly library research): 
     February 16 
     3. Compare your sentence word order with your CP's (library research; 
      discussions): March 2 
     4. What language family does your CP's language belong to? (library research): 
     April 1 
     5. Analyze an instance of miscommunication between you and your CP: April 27 
     focus on communication style, kinesics, or proxemics (use the readings for S-10 
     & 11) 

     English Language Program (Conversation Partners) Contact information: 
     Mary Wood: 532-7324 

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                                       USEFUL LINKS 

     * Language and Culture 
     * The Linguistic Anthropology Home Page 
     * Applied Linguistics at UCLA
     * Kamusi: Internet Living Swahili Dictionary 
     * Noun Classification in Swahili 
     * Speech Technology on the Web 
     * Summer Institute of Linguistics 
     * The Human Languages Page 
     * The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Linguistics 
     * UCLA Speech Processing & Auditory Perception Laboratory 
     * UNESCO: MOST Clearing House on Linguistic Rights 
     * Wordnet, Princeton University 
     * The Rosetta Stone 
     * Slang in the US 
     * Language, Primordialism, and Sentiment (paper by Harold Schiffman) 
     * Linguistic Anthropology Papers from the 1998 AAA meetings in Philadelphia 
 
 
  

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