ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS

Excercise about anthropological linguistics

Anthropological linguistic is the study of the relations between language and culture and the relations between human biology, cognition and language.

Linguistic anthropology is the branch of anthropology that studies humans through the languages that they use.

Franz Boas was one of the principal founders of modern American Anthropology and Ethnology.

Boas was appointed lecturer in physical anthropology at Columbia University in 1896.

Even Boas has been called "Father of American Anthropology" and "Father of modern Anthropology"

During his lifetime Sapir was highly regarded for his work on language his groundbreaking studies of Native American languages.

Linguistic relativity is a general term used to refer to various hypotheses or positions about the relationship between language and culture.

For Sapir, linguistic relativity was a way of articulating what he saw as the struggle between the individual and society.