ANTHR 6460 - [Language Ideologies and Practices]

(crosslisted) LSP 6460

Spring. Not offered: 2022-2023. Next offered: 2023-2024. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with ANTHR 4465/LSP 4465.

V. Santiago-Irizarry.

Ideology and ideologies have become a core concern in the anthropology of language. This concern focuses on how language ideology articulates with sociocultural practices to inform human experience beyond language’s expressive and communicative functions. As asserted by pioneers in the field, rather than just epiphenomenal, language ideology is “a crucial link mediating human acts and institutions” (Schieffelin et al 1998:v). This course examines these articulations within the context of Latino communities, their linguistic practices, and the linguistic ideologies that inform their sense of identity vis-à-vis the dominant language ideologies and practices of U.S. society with an emphasis on how Latinx ways of speaking are stigmatized and viewed through a racist lens.