Linguistics grad school recommendations

[Paul Otto]

Hello all,

I am a prospective graduate student in linguistics, and I have a question that so far has gone unanswered: as an anthropology major at a university without a linguistics department, how can/should I go about getting the recommendations from linguistics scholars that I need for applying to graduate programs?

Am I mistaken in understanding that my recommendations need to be from people with specifically linguistic backgrounds? There are some professors in related fields (including one "linguistically-informed anthropologist") at my university, and I've contemplated asking them for recommendations. 

What should I do?

Gratefully and respectfully yours,

Paul Otto
Undergraduate - DePaul University
Anthropology Department