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linguistic anthropology en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of linguistic + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The branch of anthropology that studies language and language use.
   • Linguistic anthropology is the study of language, first in its origin, as the medium of communicating thought, emotion and volition. 1881, Otis T. Mason, “Progress of Anthropology in America during the year 1880”, in The American Naturalist, page 621:
   • Additionally, linguistic anthropology is one of the four subfields of anthropology, so my linganth tribe’s work overlaps, unsurprisingly, with the work of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, and, especially, social and cultural anthropologists 2017, James Wilce, Culture and Communication, page xvi:

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biological anthropology · archaeology · applied linguistics · physical anthropology · cultural anthropology · social anthropology