Part I: Language
1. What is Language?
Defining language; language and speech; language and society; language and culture
2. Studying Language
The scientific approach to language; anthropological linguistics; linguistic analysis; language, mind and culture; language, discourse and variation
3. The Origin and Evolution of Language
Theories; reconstruction; core vocabularies; language change; primate language experiments
4. Language Levels
Describing language; the phonological level; the morphological level; the syntactic level; the semantic level
Part II: Language and Society
1. Language and Social Phenomena
Language and gender; markedness theory; language and style; naming people; artificial languages
2. Using Language
Conversational devices; speech acts; situational focussing; language functions; language and myth
3. Writing
Writing systems; literacy; abbreviated writing; online communication
4. Variations
Variant types; slang; jargon; borrowing
Part III: Language, Mind and Culture
1. Language and Classification
The Whorfian Hypothesis; specialized vocabularies; made-up languages
2. Language and Concepts
Sound symbolism; words and concepts; anthropomorphism; grammar and thought
3. Metaphor
What is a metaphor?; conceptual metaphors; metonymy and irony; metaphor and gesture; cultural reification
4. Pop Language
What is pop language?; hip talk; hip talk and gender
Lectures, in-class tutorials, group work, group discussion, problem solving, data analysis, short reports by students
A typical assessment would include the following elements:
(Note: no assignment will be more than 20%)
Students will develop an appreciation of cultural diversity by analyzing a variety of language samples drawn among different languages, Indo-European and non-Indo-European.
By the end of term, the successful student will:
A current edition of a textbook such as the following:
Danesi, Marcel. Language, society and culture: Introducing Anthropological Linguistics. Toronto: Canadian Scholars, Inc.
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Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
| Institution | Transfer Details | Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX SOSC 1XX (3) | 2017/09/01 to - |
| Athabasca University (AU) | AU ANTH 2XX (3) | 2017/09/01 to - |
| College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR LING 1XX (3) | 2017/01/01 to - |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU LING 1300 (3) | 2017/09/01 to - |
| Northern Lights College (NLC) | No credit | 2017/09/01 to - |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU LING 1XX (3) | 2017/01/01 to - |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | DOUG LING 1101 (3) & DOUG LING 1102 (3) = TRU LING 2010 (3) & TRU LING 2020 (3) | 2016/09/01 to - |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU LING 1XXX (3); DOUG LING 1101 (3) & DOUG LING 1102 (3) = TRU LING 2010 (3) & TRU LING 2020 (3) | 2016/09/01 to - |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU LING 1XX (3) | 2017/01/01 to - |
| University Canada West (UCW) | No credit | 2017/09/01 to - |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO ANTH 170 (3) | 2017/01/01 to - |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV LING 1st (3) | 2017/01/01 to - |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC ANTH 217 (3) | 2017/01/01 to - |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV LING 1XX (3) | 2017/09/01 to - |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC LING 1XX (1.5) | 2017/09/01 to - |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU LING 112 (3) | 2017/09/01 to - |