Linguistic anthropology
Language cannot be understood without reference to the particular socio-cultural contexts in which it is used.
How does language shape (and is shaped by) cultural values and social power?
How do dimensions of difference or inequality along lines such as gender, ethnicity, race, age or wealth get created/reproduced/challenged through language.
Linguistic determinism
Language determines thought
Speakers of a language can think of things only in the way that their language expresses them.
Linguistic relativity
Language affects thought.
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