Recent SemestersFall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022Class Size38 studentsCredits3PrerequisiteNone Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4A · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D1 · CSU GE Area DDescriptionThis course introduces students to the anthropological study of language and communication. It includes a survey of world languages and an introduction to methods used by linguistic anthropologists. The course covers the use of linguistic data in studies of cognition, social context, cultural history and languages as they reflect the separate cultural realities of different cultures. 