Course: Anthropology of Kinship

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Course title Anthropology of Kinship
Course code KSKA/MAKIN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Yalçin-Heckmann Lale, doc. PhDr.
Course content
Language - the key to knowing people. Language and culture I. Language and culture II. Language in society/Society in language. Language in action. Language choice. Writing and literacy. Language and gender. Silent languages. Pidgin and creole language. Speech etiquette. Language change. Final consolidation of the course.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to provide the students with an overview of several crucial topics of linguistic anthropology and their aspects and to demonstrate their mutual interconnection. The course will present the key texts of linguistic anthropology and sources of this field of study. Methodology of linguistic research with focus on the filed work and data collection will also be mentioned. The course is a starting point for the students' own research.
Students will acquire basic theoretical framework for language analysis and practical skills connected with language.
Prerequisites
The course presupposes the knowledge aquired in the course ULIAN and the ability to read academic texts in English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Systematic monitoring, Presentation

Regular active participation. Oral presentation and making a work sheet. Short written report.
Recommended literature
  • DE FINA, A. - GEORGAKOPOULOU, A. Analyzing Narrative. Cambridge, 2012.
  • DURANTI, A. Linguistic Anthropology. Cambridge: CUP, 2003.
  • FOLEY, W. Anthropological Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997.
  • HAGEGE, C. Člověk a řeč. Praha: Karolinum, 1998.
  • JAKOBSON, R. Selected writings. [Volume] 3, Poetry of Grammar and Grammar of Poetry. Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1981.
  • LUCY, J. A. Language Diversity and Thought. A Reformulation of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis. Cambridge: CUP, 1992.
  • OTTENHEIMER, H. J. The Anthropology of Language. Kansas State University, 2013.
  • SALZMANN, Z. Jazyk, kultura a společnost. Úvod do lingvistické antropologie. Praha: Ústav pro etnografii a folkloristiku Akademie věd České republiky, 1997.


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