人类学文学学士-语言人类学

语言人类学是对社会语境中过去和现在的语言的研究。就像整个人类学一样，它是方法论上的比较。尽管许多语言学学科以及其他一些语言学学科都以语言为研究对象，但使语言人类学与众不同的是语言人类学的使用方式分析。语言人类学旨在利用从这种方法中获得的见解来阐明人类社会的复杂性和可变性。布朗的语言人类学强调语言的符号学方法，以及在社会环境中研究语言的重要性。两种方法都允许专门研究人类学其他领域甚至其他学科的学生将语言人类学的见解应用于自己的兴趣。课程内容包括入门课程和更高级的课程。更专业的课程包括那些检查语言如何与布朗更
Linguistic anthropology is the study of language in social context, both past and present. Like anthropology as a whole, it is methodologically comparative. While many disciplines linguistics, among others take language as an object of study, what sets linguistic anthropology apart is the way it places the ethnography of language in use at the center of its analysis. Linguistic anthropology aims to use the insights gained from such an approach to illuminate human societies in their complexity and variability. Linguistic anthropology at Brown emphasizes a semiotic approach to language, and the importance of studying language in social context. Both approaches allow students specializing in other areas of anthropology, or even other disciplines, to apply the insights of linguistic anthropology to their own interests. Course offerings include both introductory courses and more advanced offerings. More specialized courses include those that examine how language intersects with some of Brown's broader strengths, including the study of Latin America, society and the media, politics and inequality, and medicine and science studies.