ANTH 320 - Language and Culture

Institution:

SUNY College at Oneonta

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Description:

3 s.h. An introduction to language as a cultural phenomenon, stressing its importance as the means by which we transmit culture to others. Surveys the relationship between linguistic and cultural processes including how language affects thought, and how beliefs and values influence language; how languages grow and change; the relationship between language evolution and human evolution; language and social factors; and how the elements of language form coherent systems of communication. ( LA) Prerequisites: JrS, ANTH 100 or PSYC 100 or SOCL 100 or SPCH 100 or LING 150, and 3 s.h. of 200-level social science.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.oneonta.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 436-3500

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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