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SOAN0495A-S14

Language and the Environment

Language and the Environment
Do languages simply put different labels on the environment, from rocks to trees to carbon, or are what we see and what we value shaped by the ways that we talk about it? Drawing upon ethnography, linguistics, and critical discourse analysis, we will explore how environmental perceptions and modes of action are formed in and through language. We will bring an appreciation of language differences to the analysis of ongoing environmental controversies, where the various stakeholders draw contrasting boundaries between nature and culture and define human involvement with nature in different ways. (SOAN 0103 and a 0100-level LNGT or ENVS course) 3 hrs. lect./disc. (Anthropology)/
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22367
Subject Code:
SOAN
Course Number:
0495
Section Identifier:
A

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SOAN 0495

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Spring 2014

SOAN0495A-S14 Lecture (Nevins)