1-3 Open to students with special projects on application to the instructor who will supervise the particular project. Permission to register must be in writing and must specify the number of credits sought. At the intersection of linguistics and anthropology, the ethnography of communication has as its goal an understanding of the patterning of communicative behavior within culture. Readings will include case studies drawn from work on a wide variety of cultures.
Special attention is paid to questions of race, gender, social class, and international relations.
3 Bilingualism is a part of everyday life for many people around the world, yet in some ways it is still a poorly understood phenomenon. In this course, we will examine bilingualism, first as a characterization of individual human beings, and then as a factor in social patterning. In particular, we will be interested in the structures that constitute human linguistic knowledge and the broader abilities of communicative competence and the ways bilinguals may differ from monolinguals in these areas. 3 The purpose of this course is to study communication within the context of the cultural setting. 3 Practical work experience in such fields as education, government, health, social work, or business involving multilingual, multiethnic, or multicultural interactions.