ANTH 305 - Linguistic Methods

2023-2024 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course provides theoretical and practical training in the methods used by linguistic anthropologists, applied linguists, and sociolinguists to study naturally occuring language use, “language in the wild”. Students learn data selection, transcription, and analysis techniques as well as the ethical principles that govern this kind of research. The course introduces several traditions of discourse analysis and focuses on talk in institutional settings. Examples may include emergency service (911) calls, doctor-patient communication, courtroom discourse, and political news interviews. Students carry out an independent analysis on a type of discourse of their own choosing. Broadly speaking, this course teaches students to look and listen as a discourse analyst, interpret what they see and hear, and share what they learn with an audience of their peers.

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 120
Offered: Every Spring Semester