Linguistic anthropology at NAU explores language and related sign systems (especially bodily orientation and movement) as it affects and reflects social and cultural realities. The program offers three curricular levels—liberal studies courses, courses for undergraduates, and courses for graduate students.
Watch this movie to hear what one student's experiences in the program were.
To read an article (from The Sun, San Bernardino, California, used with permission) about another graduate—Kaylene Day—and her applied linguistic anthropological work in collaboration with a California tribe, click here.
This graduate program benefits from collaboration with NAU's Applied Linguistics program.
Linguistic anthropology classes benefit from research in fields like:
and Language and
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Other fields of focus for coursework and research include dominant language ideologies… |
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globalized circulation of English…
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…and the commodification of language (marketing "authentic" and "exotic" local cultures through their linguistic "oddities")… |
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Linguistic anthropology also pays particular attention to issues like language and gender, and to verbal art/ oral performance including studies of lament that draw on psychocultural as well as linguistic anthropology… |
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Courses for majors and graduate students include training in methods of analysis of audible and visible dimensions of communication… |
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