linganth

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

linganth (countable and uncountable, plural linganths)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of linguistic anthropology.
   • 1996, Leila Monaghan, quoting Michael Agar, “Society for Linguistic Anthropology”, in Anthropology Newsletter, page 41:

     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.

   • 2019 September 10, “Research Labs”, in Temple University: Anthropology‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 September 2019:

     The Linguistic Anthropology Teaching Laboratory, or “LingAnth Lab,” is devoted to the collection and analysis of audio- and video-recorded ethnographic data.

2. (informal, countable) A linguistic anthropologist.
   • 2017, James Wilce, Culture and Communication, page xvi:

     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).

See also

• ling
• anthro