Linganth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Linganth is a noun meaning (informal) Abbreviation of linguistic anthropology.
Meaning
(informal) Abbreviation of linguistic anthropology.
More Meanings
- (informal, countable) A linguistic anthropologist.
Example Sentences
The Linguistic Anthropology Teaching Laboratory, or “LingAnth Lab,” is devoted to the collection and analysis of audio- and video-recorded ethnographic data.
Along with sociologists and psychoanalysts, linganths study identity and, more and more frequently, the process of identification (Smith 2010) – of identifying with someone or as this or that (Kulick 2009).
The unique “linganth” concern is figuring out how to position transcripts in the context of other ethnographic data and how to ground inferences from discourse detail to matters of culture, history and political economy derived from other ethnographic material.
Word Forms
- linganths
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anthropolinguist, anthropolinguistics, ethnolinguist, linguist, ethnolinguistics, geolinguist.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.