Registers of Our Daily Life
Anthropology · 3 hrs Lecture
ANTH-3407 prerequisites
3 courses appear in this chain, up to 1 level deep. Every route through it involves a choice, so nothing is forced.
Show the chainHide the chain
Add your completed courses to see which of these you've already done and what you could take next. They stay on this device.
Where ANTH-3407 counts
Counts toward 4 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
Students are introduced to issues involved in the research being done by linguists, text analysts, discourse analysts, and sociolinguists concerning various types of institutional discourse. They are required to carry out a research project on a register of their choice. Experimental investigations and contemporary research focus on medical, scientific, legal, business, financial, political, classroom, and media discourse.
Requisite courses
Cross-listed
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.