LINGUISTIC

ANTHROPOLOGY
Capa, Christian A.
Linguistic Anthropology
◦ It is the study of how language
effects social life.

◦ It also studies communication in

the context of human social and
cultural diversity, past and
present.
What does Linguistic Anthropologists do?

◦ Anthropologists in the Linguistic

field study modern
communication methods, or a
lost language from a long ago
group of people.
Possible Careers

Work for museums as researchers and consultants.

Possible Careers

They may teach English overseas

Possible Careers

Work for the government at historic sites or trusts, as translators for different
agencies, or with refugee or migration groups
What are the different types of slang and
communications between groups of people and culture?
 USA

Slang is a highly set of informal words

and expressions that are not considered
standard in speaker’s language.
 SOUTH
AMERICA

Afrikanerisms
 HISTORY

In USA, during the sixteenth century

language was created for use by
criminals, but was not known as slang
until the eighteenth century.
SLANG GROUPS
USA
SOUTH AMERICA
BRITISH
JAPAN
FILIPINO
HOW TO SPEAK TO
ELDERS
AMERICAN
BRITISH
JAPANESE
FILIPINOS
WHAT IS CONSIDERED ‘RUDE’
WHEN TALKING TO PEOPLE?
JAPAN
SOUTH KOREAN
FILIPINOS
GESTURES THAT ARE DONE WITH
FINGERS
AMERICA
 SOUTH
AMERICA
EUROPE
SOUTH AFRICA
ASIA
WHAT IS CONSIDERED
‘AGGRESSIVE’?
THE USE OF MIDDLE
FINGER
WHAT IS AND IS NOT
CONSIDERED RUDE?
AMERICA
ASIA
SOUTH AFRICA
GREETINGS
AMERICA
EUROPE
ASIA
SAME SEX GESTURES
AMERICA
 SOUTH
AMERICA
ASIA
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