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Anthropology 354 consists of ten units. Each unit examines a specific topic related to the role of language in culture and culture in language. The following outline lists the units of study and the required student activities:

Unit 1 The Study of Language and the Nature and Origins of Human Languages
  1.1 Anthropology and Linguistics
  1.2 The Origins of Human Language
  Telephone Quiz 1
Unit 2 Phonology 1: The Production of Speech Sounds
  2.1 Phonetics
  2.2 Approaches to Phonology
Unit 3 Phonology 2: Sound Patterns and Phonological Environments
  3.1 Phonological Rules and Analysis
Unit 4 Morphology and Writing Systems
  4.1 Morphology
  4.2 Writing Systems
Unit 5 Language Change, History, and Classification
  5.1 Language Change
  5.2 History and Areal Linguistics
  5.3 Classification: Historical and Cultural Typology
  Telephone Quiz 2
  Essay Assignment 1
Unit 6 Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Languages
Unit 7 Language Acquisition
Unit 8 Semantics
  Essay Assignment 2
Unit 9 Ethnolinguistics
Unit 10 Sociolinguistics: Language and Society
  Essay Assignment 3
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