Linguistic Anthropology of Education

Abstract

Linguistic anthropological theories and methods have enriched our understanding of education. Almost all education is mediated by language, and linguistic anthropologists use both precise linguistic analyses and powerful anthropological theories to describe how educational language use establishes important social relations. Because educational institutions influence processes of concern to anthropologists -including the production of differentially valued identities, the circulation and transformation of cultural models, and nation states' establishment of official peoples -linguistic anthropological research on education also contributes to cultural and linguistic anthropology more generally. This article defines linguistic anthropology through its focus on language form, use, ideology, and domain, and it reviews linguistic anthropological research that focuses on these four aspects of educational language use. AbstractLinguistic anthropological theories and methods have enriched our understanding of education. Almost all education is mediated by language, and linguistic anthropologists use both precise linguistic analyses and powerful anthropological theories to describe how educational language use establishes important social relations. Because educational institutions influence processes of concern to anthropologists-including the production of differentially valued identities, the circulation and transformation of cultural models, and nation states' establishment of official peoples-linguistic anthropological research on education also contributes to cultural and linguistic anthropology more generally. This article defines linguistic anthropology through its focus on language form, use, ideology, and domain, and it reviews linguistic anthropological research that focuses on these four aspects of educational language use. 3.1

Cultural Representation of Toraja Ethnic on the Use of Vocabulary in Singgi’ Speech

“…Based on the description above, if it is integrated with the views of Wortham & Perrino (2017), the Toraja language can be said as a vehicle or media used by community members to fulfill their daily needs. The emergence of absorption words in Singgi' speech indicates that the Toraja language has not been able to be as a whole as a mediation system that characterizes the communication of the Tana Toraja community to convey messages in certain matters.…”