On Linguistic Anthropology and its Development in China

Linguistic Anthropology is a crossing subject.It emerges and develops in the background of Anthropology.Western linguistic Anthropology goes through several periods,such as field-work,comparative analysis and theoretical generalization.There are many ethnic groups and many languages in China.The development of Linguistic Anthropology has a wide base in China.The research of Linguistic Anthropology is beneficial to the construction of Anthropology subject.Meanwhile,it holds important meanings to protect the diversify of languages and cultures,to make different language ethnic groups respect each other,and to make language ethnic groups dialogue harmoniously.