Course title:
Anthropological linguistics
Course code: PSL212
Course status: Elective
Course leader: Mislava Bertoša
Course instructor: Mislava Bertoša
Language of instruction: English
Total hours: 8S
Form of instruction: Seminar
ECTS credits: 4
Course content by topics:
- Introduction; 2. Language and thought; 3-4. Language in culture and society; 5-6. Language and identity; 7-8. Language, gender, sexuality
Learning outcomes at course level:
On completing the course in Anthropological linguistics in the doctoral program in Linguistics the student will be able to: 1. List and explain the basic theoretical directions and approaches in anthropological linguistics; 2. Analyse and interpret linguistic material and human symbolic practice using the acquired theoretical frameworks; 3. Assess the approppriateness of methods for analysing various types of linguistic and symbolic material; 4. Make conclusions on the approppriateness of and use analytical tools approppriate to selected material; 5. Critically evaluate research texts from the field of anthropological linguistics; 6. Integrate and combine approaches developed within anthropological linguistics with other compatible approaches in the wider context of linguistics; 7. Provide competent argumentation in scientific discussions of text linguistics and discourse analyses
Learning outcomes at programme level:
| IU1 | IU2 | IU3 | IU4 | IU5 | IU6 | IU7 | IU8 |
| X | x | x | x | x | x |
Reading list:
Duranti, A. (1997): Linguistic Anthropology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.; Duranti, A. (ur.) (2003) A companion to linguistic anthropology. Oxford: Basil Blackwell; Hajmz, D. (1980) Etnografija komunikacije (prev. M. Radovanović), BIGZ, Beograd.; Pinker, S. (1994) The Language Instinct, William Morrow & Co. Inc., New York.; Additional: Aitchison, J.(2000) The Seeds of Speech. Language Origin and Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.; Auer,
- (Ed.). (1998). Code-switching in conversation: Language, interaction and identity. New York: Routledge.; Bloom, P. (2002) How Children Learn the Meanings of Words. MIT Press.; Bourdieu, P.(1992) Što znači govoriti, Naprijed, Zagreb.; Deacon, T.W. (1997) The Symbolic Species. The so-evolution of language and brain. New York:Norton.; Eckert, P. & McConnell-Ginet, S. 2003. Language and gender. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.; Fasold, R. (2001) The sociolinguistics of society. Blackwell Publishers.; Gal, S.1978. Peasant Men Can’t Get Wives:
Language Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community, Language in Society, 7 (1978).; Giles
- Coupland, N. 1991.Language Contexts and Consequences. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Pole Publishing Company.; Goffman, E. 1967. Interaction Ritual. Harmondsworth: Penguin; Hanks, W. F.1996. Language and Communicative practices, Boulder: Westview Press.; Joseph, J. E. 2004. Language and Identity: National, Ethnic, Religious. Hampshire and New York: Palgrave MacMillan.; Kramsch, C. 2000, Language and Cultural Identity, Oxford University Press, New York.; Le Page, R. & A. Tabouret-Keller 1985. Acts of Identity. Cambridge: CUP.; Lucy, A.J. (1992) Language diversity and thought. Cambridge University Press.; Pease, A. (2002) Govor tijela (Kako misli drugih ljudi pročitati iz njihovih kretnji), AGM, Zagreb; Sapir, E. (1974) Ogledi iz kulturne antropologije.BIGZ, Beograd, 1980.; Schieffelin, B.B & E. Ochs (1986) Language Socialisation Across Cultures. Cambridge: CUP.; Schieffelin, B.B., Woolard, K.A. and Kroskrity, P.V. (ur.) 1998. Language Ideologies: Practice and Theory. New York: Oxford University Press.; Wierzbicka, A. (1991) Cross-Cultural Pragmatics, The Semantics of Human Interaction, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
Assessment of student achievement: course attendance Quality assurance mechanism: student survey
