Class Number: 1353
Description: Hours: Three hours lecture per week Description: Surveys the study of communication from an anthropological perspective. Provides students with an overview of how humans interact and communicate using verbal and nonverbal language. Students learn how language both reflects and shapes thought, culture, and power/status. Exposes students to anthropological theories of language origin, language use, and cultural issues associated with language in cross-cultural contexts.

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Days Time Date Range Location Instructor
MW 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM 01/20/2018 - 05/25/2018 Matthew Curtis
Status: Open
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Start Date: 01/20/2018
End Date: 05/25/2018
Grading: Letter Grade

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Enrollment Total: 33
Available Seats: 2
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0


Textbook / Other Materials

Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9781337571005
Title: Anthropology of Language
Author: Ottenheimer
Publish: Wadsworth

Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9781337670197
Title: The Anthropology of Language: An Introduction to L
Author: Ottenheimer
Publish: Cengage Learning

Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9781592407200
Title: What Language Is etc
Author: McWhorter
Publish: Penguin Group USA Inc

Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9780061336461
Title: Language Instinct (Perennial Classics Ed)
Author: Pinker
Publish: HarperCollins Publishers

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  • Lower Division
  • D: Social Perspectives
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