IDENTITY AND

LANGUAGE
Introduction to the Study of Linguistic Anthropology
For Ling 2
Overview
•Common Understanding of
Languages
•Examining “Language and Culture
Studies – Wonderland through the
Linguistic Looking Glass”
•Synthesis
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•Japanese is
Unique and
Impossible to
Learn
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•French Is
More
Logical
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•Chinese
Characters
Are
Ideograms
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•Welsh Is
Unpronounc
eable and
Archaic
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•Ebonics Is
Lazy English
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•The French Have The

Most Fiercely
Protective Language
Policy
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•The
Spanish
King’s Lisp
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•British
English Is The
Original
English
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•Primitive Cultures
Have Primitive
Languages
Common Understanding of
Languages (https://listverse.com/2015/04/29/10-myths-and-
misconceptions-about-world-languages/)

•Chinese Is A Single
Language
 Examining “Language and Culture
Studies – Wonderland through the
Linguistic Looking Glass”
• What are the issues presented by the article?
• What is the objective of the article?
• Why “language and culture studies” ambiguous?
• How are anthropological linguistics, ethnolinguistics, and sociolinguistics
related? Give an example of an analogy if possible.
• Compare and contrast “language and society” and “language use”
based on the article.
• Why is there a discussion of language and thought in the study of
language and culture studies?
• How does the article conclude the study of language and culture studies?