ANTH R115 — Introduction to Language and Culture
This introductory course serves as a foundation for understanding language from an anthropological perspective, addressing such core questions as how, what, when, where, why and with whom do we communicate. This course surveys three core areas in linguistic anthropology--structural linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, as well as the complex biocultural interface of the brain and genetics in language production; historical linguistics: origins and evolution/change, dialects, and language families; and sociocultural linguistics: language acquisition in cultural context, emphasizing the relationship between language and culture, and issues of language conservation and loss.
Part of
- Anthropology, Associate in Arts for Transfer
- Art History, Associate in Arts for Transfer
- Chemistry, Associate in Science for UC Transfer
- California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC), Certificate of Achievement
- Oxnard College General Education (OC GE)
- General Studies: Emphasis in Society, Human Behavior, and Culture