PhD in Anthropology - Linguistic Anthropology in New York United States | New York University

Linguistic anthropology investigates the connections among language, culture, and social structures. Using ethnographic approaches and semiotic analysis, NYU's linguistic anthropologists study how language and communication practices shape social dynamics, political systems, economic activities, cultural patterns, and historical developments. By analyzing language within its social and historical framework, researchers can uncover systems of interaction, power structures, authority, conflict, and transformation. Key research areas encompass national language ideologies, multilingual societies, racialized language patterns, literacy and schooling, multimodal communication, technology-mediated interaction, and colonial/postcolonial language policies. NYU scholars and students participate in the New York Linguistic Anthropology Working Group (NYLAWG), fostering discussions about language from anthropological viewpoints.