Linguistic anthropology is the anthropological subfield that focuses on language

and its importance to understanding human history, culture and biology.

Linguistic anthropology shares many overlapping interests with linguistics in
general but is characterized by an emphasis on fieldwork and connections to
larger anthropological understandings of humans. Specializations within
linguistic anthropology include the documentation of minority and indigenous
languages, the relationship of language to social structures (gender, class,
ethnicity) and the relationship between historical linguistics and archaeology.
Linguistics and linguistic anthropology at University at Florida are taught
collaboratively between the Department of Anthropology and the Department of
Linguistics . University of Florida faculty conduct linguistic research in the
United States, Mexico, India, Southeast Asia, West Africa and East Africa.
Their research interests include:
 Language documentation
 Syntax
 Morphology
 Historical linguistics
 Phonology and phonetics
 Sociolinguistics
 Pragmatics
Graduate and undergraduates students with an interest in linguistic anthropology
are encouraged to pursue coursework in both anthropology and linguistics, as
advised by UF faculty. The M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Anthropology allow
considerable flexibility in designing rigorous programs that are responsive to
student needs.
Students interested in applying for graduate study are strongly encouraged to
contact the  faculty   with which they would like to work.
Dr. Broadwell

Meet our resident linguistic anthropologist, Dr. George Aaron

Broadwell . His research interests include syntactic theory and
language and cognition. Area specialization is American
Indian languages, with research in Choctaw, Timucua, Copala Triqui and
Zapotec.