Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4A · CSU GE Area D1DescriptionThis course considers the anthropological subfield of language and culture or linguistic anthropology. In this course students will be exposed to the anthropological theories of language origin, language use, and the specific cultural issues associated with language in cross-cultural contexts. Some specific issues will include the biology of language, non-human language and communication, primate language, the impact of language on worldview (Sapir-Whorf), sociolinguistics, language maps, linguistic nationalism, language and gender, the Internet and communication, linguistic anthropology fieldwork, and the future of language. 