Linguistic anthropology

This article should be merged with Anthropological linguistics.

Linguistic Anthropology is concerned with

Descriptive (or synchronic) Linguistics Describing dialects (forms of a language used by a specific speech community). this study includes phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and grammar.
Historical (or diachronic) Linguistics Describing changes in dialects and languages over time. This study includes the study of linguistic divergence and language families, comparative linguistics, etymology, and philology.
Ethnolinguistics Analyzing the relationship between culture, thought, and language.
Sociolinguistics Analyzing the social functions of language and the social, political, and economic relationships among and between members of speech communities.