Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

ANT 303 - Language and Culture (4 Cr.)


What is the relationship between language and culture?  Does language reflect culture, does culture reflect language or is the relationship between the two more complex?  This course examines language as a formal system, the relationship between language and thought, the ways that people perform social actions through language, the creation and maintenance of speech communities, and the acquisition and use of culturally appropriate ways of talking.   Prerequisites:   and junior standing Fall semester 2012-13 and alternate years. Frekko.