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Chapter 10 Doing Linguistic Anthropology

Chapter 10 Doing Linguistic Anthropology. Doing Linguistic Anthropology. Language extinction and revitalization. . . Unmasking hidden bias in language. . . Linguistic Anthropology today. . . Using linguistic anthropology. Language Extinction. How many languages in the world?

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Chapter 10 Doing Linguistic Anthropology

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  1. Chapter 10Doing Linguistic Anthropology

  2. Doing Linguistic Anthropology • Language extinction and revitalization. . . • Unmasking hidden bias in language. . . • Linguistic Anthropology today. . . • Using linguistic anthropology. . . .

  3. Language Extinction • How many languages in the world? • 6,300 current estimate • How many are at risk (under 20,000 speakers)? • Nearly 4,000 • How many have fewer than 100 speakers? • Nearly 500.

  4. Language Revitalization • Factors that can help (Yamamoto): • Dominant culture favors linguistic diversity • Speakers have strong sense of ethnic identity • There are educational/cultural programs • There are bilingual programs in the schools • Native speakers are trained as language teachers • The speech community is involved • There are easy-to-use language materials • There is literature in the language • There are environments where the language is used.

  5. Hidden Bias in Language: Gender • Marked and unmarked forms • Are unmarked forms really neutral? • Anyone in KS can have an abortion if he wants one? • Words and metaphors • Descriptors: handsome, pleasant • Metaphors: IDEAS are BUILDINGS • Discourse • Address forms • “Hello, girls” / “Greetings, professor”

  6. Hidden Bias in Language: Racism • The non-neutrality of unmarked forms • Did the South really lose the Civil War? • Words and metaphors • The guys in the white hats • The dark side • Discourse • Mock Spanish: a site for the unconscious reproduction of racism (Jane Hill).

  7. Linguistic Anthropology Today • Increasing focus on discourse • Language in cultural settings • Language as a cultural resource • Speaking as a cultural practice • Communicating across cultures • With renewed attention to descriptive analysis • And renewed attention to language origins • Maintaining a four-field focus.

  8. Using Linguistic Anthropology • Learning new languages • a fieldwork approach • Learning new languacultures (Agar) • ethnosemantics • Rich Points on the MAR • Reading and thinking critically about language, and more….

  9. Ethics in Fieldwork • The importance of ethics • being a good guest • adapting to different living styles • adjusting frames of reference • providing culturally relevant assistance • doing no harm • the AAA code of ethics • http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/ethcode.htm

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