please...do you know what ethnolinguistic is...?my fat teacher will be eating me tommorow if I can't find the means and phrase...god...help...me...
2006-09-11 23:36:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Ethnolinguistics is a field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a particular ethnic group.
Ethnolinguistics is frequently associated with minority linguistic groups within a larger population, such as the Native American languages or the languages of immigrants. In these cases, ethnolinguistics studies the use of a minority language within the context of the majority population, and it also studies the perception of the language by the majority population, for example whether the ethnic group receives state support to keep their language alive.
More generally, ethnolinguistics studies the relationship between language and culture, and the way different ethnic groups perceive the world. A well-known (but controversial) ethnolinguistic subject is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, which states that perception is limited by what can be described in one's own language.
2006-09-12 01:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by george_klima 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe tht ethnolinguistic is similiar to sociolinguistics, the study of culture and society.
In the case of ethnolinguistics, it is one language tied to a particular ethnic group.
2006-09-12 06:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by allforasia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋