Another question

[monaghan at indiana.edu]

Given the importance of figures like Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield to
both linguistics and anthropology, I think there is a grand tradition of
linguistics within anthropology!

Leila

Quoting Ronald Kephart <rkephart at unf.edu>:

> All:
>
> I am the only teaching linguist on this campus; however, my degree is
> in anthropology and I'm a "linguistic anthropologist" (I guess). We
> have no major or minor in "linguistics," and only a couple of courses
> with the "LIN" prefix, one of which I've taught nearly every semester
> since 1990. These courses have for years been housed in the English
> department.
>
> Now, this semester I moved from the English department, where I'd
> been since 1989, to Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice (yea,
> I'm no longer a closet anthropologist!). The question is, is there
> any outside reason (i.e some reason other than internal bureaucratic
> inertia) why these courses couldn't follow me to my new department
> and retain the "LIN" prefix?
>
> Can "LIN" courses be housed in anthropology?
>
> Ron
>
> --
> Ronald Kephart
> Associate Professor
> Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice
> University of North Florida
> http://www.unf.edu/~rkephart
>
>
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