Students will comprehend and be able to explain linguistic relativity.
Students will be able to form their own opinion as to the relationship among language, thought, and culture.
Students will be able to summarize the contributions of Boas, Sapir, and Whorf on the relationship among language, thought, and culture.
Students will be able to recognize ways in which scientists have attempted to operationalize linguistic relativity through cognition.
Students will be able to describe one research study that asks how human cognition differs from animal cognition.
Students will be able to describe one research study that asks how grammar might influence thinking or culture.
Students will be able to describe one research study that asks how our language habits (our usage patterns) influence cognition.

I teach linguistic anthropology at the college level, and this is a core course many undergraduate students take. I have a K-16 teaching background in general and have worked with many high school students on college-level topics since 2020 on Outschool.

Homework Offered
Homework will consist of a collection of responses to prompts from lectures-- points in the recorded lecture in which I ask them to react and respond to an idea or proposition. Each lesson's assignment should total about 1 page of typed text, but can vary greatly depending on the type of responses prompted during the video lectures.
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
All assessment is in the form of written feedback on the written responses papers in order to continue the dialogue about linguistic relativity.
Grades Offered