Anthropology
Linguistics
“Do You Speak American?”
Language as Prestige:
(Click on “Crossing Over”)
(1) What is “language crossing?”
(2) Describe positive and negative consequences of language crossing.
(Click on “Watch Your Language”)
(3) What is “code switching?”
(4) Aside from the physical and literal act of communicating, how does language
help us as humans?
Language Prejudice:
(Click on “They Speak Really Bad English Down South and in NYC”)
(5) What is a common language myth held by many Americans?
(6) How do linguists know that Americans’ perception of various dialects and
patterns of speech have created a myth?
What is Sociolinguistics?
(Click on “Social Identity”)
(7) What does the study of language reveal about social identity?
(Click on “Managing Language”)
(8) How is language managed in a multicultural society?
(9) What is linguistic analysis?
(10) How is linguistic analysis useful in different fields?