ANTH-L200 Language and Culture provides an introduction to the study of language and to the relationships between language and other aspects of culture. It examines how the languages that people speak reflect their cultural traditions, how the use of language shapes those traditions, how categories of language are related to categories of thought, and how linguistic variation reflects distinctions of race, class, and gender. Work for the course includes a series of problem sets that provide students with experience with the methods of linguistic analysis, plus several short papers for which students are asked to critique readings for the course. Download a sample syllabus above.