Linguistic anthropology/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Linguistic anthropology.

The branch of anthropology that brings linguistic methods to bear on anthropological problems, linking the analysis of semiotic and particularly linguistic forms and processes to the interpretation of sociocultural processes.