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Asif Agha

Francis E Johnston Term Professor of Anthropology

University of Pennsylvania

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School of Arts & Sciences

Linguistics

Asif Agha is currently serving as a Linguistics Francis E Johnston Term Professor of Anthropology at University of Pennsylvania.

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Asif Agha

University of Pennsylvania

Francis E Johnston Term Professor of Anthropology

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linguistics language sociology sociolinguistics communication cultural anthropology cultural studies social anthropology language culture discourse analysis linguistic anthropology sociocultural anthropology cultural diversity general linguistics narrative social identity interactional linguistics cultural structures societal influence social norms historical linguistics cultural heritage cultural policy cultural change cultural economy blockchain applied linguistics world english asian english english language social semiotics cultural factors cultural theory cultural context cultural relations folklore studies prosody (linguistics) sign language cryptocurrency linguistic diversity human communication consumer culture cultural analysis english culture intercultural communication normative issues chinese culture social theory reference architecture social identity theory self-sovereign identity cultural identity identity politics personal identity social conventions commodity registers social life cultural value money talk state peripheries understanding cultures key words world language kinship behavior participation frameworks honorific registers social indexicality register formations person deixis metaphysical community typographical conventions

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Mentalese. Signs and Society (2025)

Norm and Trope in Social Indexicality. Chinese Semiotic Studies (2023)

Asif Agha

cultural studiessocial normssocial theorysocial sciencessociolinguisticschinese culturesocial indexicalitysocial semioticssocial identitysociologyculturecritical theorysocietal influence

Cantonese as a World Language. Journal of Student Research (2021)

Jiaqing ZengAsif Agha

world languageglobalizationlinguistics

Issue Information. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (2020)

Money Talk and Conduct From Cowries to Bitcoin. Signs and Society (2017)

Asif Agha

social scienceseducationcryptocurrencyblockchainsociologypolitical communicationmoney talk

Tropes of Branding in Forms of Life. Signs and Society (2015)

Asif Agha

consumer cultureanthropologymarketingbrandinghuman communicationmass communicationnarrativesocial anthropologysociologysocial changesocial mediasocietal influence

Tropes of Slang. Signs and Society (2015)

Asif Agha

prosody (linguistics)discourse analysissociolinguisticscommunicationinteractional linguisticsfolklore studiessign languagelanguage cultureculturelinguisticsrhetoric

Recycling Mediatized Personae Across Participation Frameworks. Benjamins current topics (2012)

Asif Agha

participation frameworkspublic health

Commodity Registers. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (2011)

Asif Agha

anthropologyhumanitieslinguistic anthropologycommodity registerslinguistics

Mediatized Projects at State Peripheries. Language & Communication (2011)

Asif Agha

communicationpolitical sciencestate peripherieslanguagephilosophy of social science

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Asif Agha

Francis E Johnston Term Professor of Anthropology

University of Pennsylvania

Affiliations

School of Arts & Sciences

Linguistics

Asif Agha is currently serving as a Linguistics Francis E Johnston Term Professor of Anthropology at University of Pennsylvania.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Asif Agha

University of Pennsylvania

Francis E Johnston Term Professor of Anthropology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Mentalese. Signs and Society (2025)

Norm and Trope in Social Indexicality. Chinese Semiotic Studies (2023)

Asif Agha

cultural studiessocial normssocial theorysocial sciencessociolinguisticschinese culturesocial indexicalitysocial semioticssocial identitysociologyculturecritical theorysocietal influence

Cantonese as a World Language. Journal of Student Research (2021)

Jiaqing ZengAsif Agha

world languageglobalizationlinguistics

Issue Information. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (2020)

Money Talk and Conduct From Cowries to Bitcoin. Signs and Society (2017)

Asif Agha

social scienceseducationcryptocurrencyblockchainsociologypolitical communicationmoney talk

Tropes of Branding in Forms of Life. Signs and Society (2015)

Asif Agha

consumer cultureanthropologymarketingbrandinghuman communicationmass communicationnarrativesocial anthropologysociologysocial changesocial mediasocietal influence

Tropes of Slang. Signs and Society (2015)

Asif Agha

prosody (linguistics)discourse analysissociolinguisticscommunicationinteractional linguisticsfolklore studiessign languagelanguage cultureculturelinguisticsrhetoric

Recycling Mediatized Personae Across Participation Frameworks. Benjamins current topics (2012)

Asif Agha

participation frameworkspublic health

Commodity Registers. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (2011)

Asif Agha

anthropologyhumanitieslinguistic anthropologycommodity registerslinguistics

Mediatized Projects at State Peripheries. Language & Communication (2011)

Asif Agha

communicationpolitical sciencestate peripherieslanguagephilosophy of social science

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