Increasing globalisation, internationalisation, and migration provide an imperative to develop awareness and understanding of the theories and issues associated with linguistic diversity. Based in the field of Anthropological Linguistics, this unit investigates 'Language' and 'languages', 'Society' and 'societies', and 'Culture' and 'cultures' – seeing language as a tool rather than simply a mirror, and "language as a cultural resource and speaking as cultural practice" (Duranti 1997). The content and activities of this unit focus on how worldview influences the lexicon of a group and how group values, beliefs and practices generate, maintain, and transform norms of interaction within a... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Verna Rieschild
Prerequisites: Admission to MAppAnth or PGDipAppAnth or MAppLing or PGDipAppLing or MAuslEngInt or PGDipAuslEngInt or MCommDis or MConfInt or MTransInter or MTransInterMAppLing or MTransInterMIntRel or MSpchLngPath
