Linguistic anthropology, one of the four classic subfields of anthropology, seeks to analyze culture and society ethnographically and theoretically as they emerge through language and discourse. This ...

This program is no longer accepting new student applications. Language is a fundamental property of being human. Linguistics, the study of human language, is one of the four branches of anthropology.

How is the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election affected by language and culture? Experience and learn how anthropologists and linguists decipher political messages, and examine the words, gestures, tone ...

Dell Hymes, an influential scholar of linguistics and anthropology who helped pioneer the study of how people use language in their everyday lives, died of kidney failure Nov. 13 at a nursing home in ...

ChatGPT is a hot topic at my university, where faculty members are deeply concerned about academic integrity, while administrators urge us to "embrace the benefits" of this "new frontier." It's a ...

This course is available on the MRes/PhD in Anthropology, MSc in Anthropology and Development, MSc in Social Anthropology and MSc in Social Anthropology (Religion in the Contemporary World). This ...

Stephen Tyler, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics who served on Rice’s faculty for four decades, died April 2. He was 87. A member of the anthropology department ...

Linguistic anthropology is the study of language use in social life. Linguistic anthropologists study the diversity of the world's languages and the diversity of language use and other forms of ...

Anthropology includes four broad fields: archaeology, cultural anthropology, physical (biological) anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. At UA Little Rock, we believe a well-rounded anthropology ...