ANT 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anorexia Nervosa, Oedipus Complex, Evil Eye
Document Summary
Study of language in its social and cultural context, across space and over time. Some linguistic anthropologists make inferences about universal features of languages (linked perhaps to uniformities in the human brain). Reconstruction of ancient languages by comparing their contemporary descendants. Historical linguistics studies variations over time (sounds, grammar, vocabulary) Studies of linguistic differences to discover varied perceptions and patterns of thought in different cultures. Sociolinguistics investigates relationship between social and linguistic variation. Linguistics and cultural anthropologists collaborate in studying links between language and many other aspects of culture. Links to the natural sciences (biology, zoology, chemistry, etc. ) Links to social sciences (sociology, psychology, economy, etc. ) Link to humanities (english, comparative literature, classics, folklore, philosophy, and the arts). Anthropology is one of the most humanistic of all academic fields because of its fundamental respect for human diversity. Anthropology and sociology: interest in social behavior. However, sociologists focused on the industrial west, anthropologists are interested in nonindustrial societies.
