Due Nov. 10

Revised —   It is 150  words.  Answer this post AND in your answer, pose a question to it and  give some good advice:    
FORUM POST:  Today I learned about four of the  sub fields in Anthropology which are sociocultural, biological,  archeology and linguistic. The sub field that interested me the most was  Linguistic Anthropology. Linguistic Anthropology is the study of how  language impacts social life and identity. Language to me is very  important because it is how we communicate to express our feelings, talk  to one another, and express our culture. We can also learn new  languages from different countries to further understand their cultures  and practices.  A research project I would love to study in this field would be language  barriers and how two different cultures get past these barriers to  communicate and learn about their cultures. In order to do this  experiment, I would need people from two different cultures (for  example: Japan and America) who don’t know each other’s language as  well. It would be very interesting to watch how they would communicate  with one another, whether it being writing words out or drawing  pictures. I would gather qualitative data (descriptive data) based on  what I observe from the two different cultures. The significance of the  research would be how two completely different cultures came across  their language barriers to communicate. I feel that learning about other  cultures and visiting them is really important to broaden our  perspectives of life and see the world through different eyes.  In conclusion, language is important to grow as a civilization and  world, without language we wouldn’t be where we are today.