Screen LibraryA companion to linguistic anthropology
Within the social sciences and the humanities, it is now widely accepted that the role of language in social life cannot be understood without a study of the interface between linguistic forms and the cultural practices that they help constitute. Linguistic anthropologists have been at the forefront...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell companions to anthropology ;
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470996522 |
| Summary: |
Within the social sciences and the humanities, it is now widely accepted that the role of language in social life cannot be understood without a study of the interface between linguistic forms and the cultural practices that they help constitute. Linguistic anthropologists have been at the forefront of such a study for decades. A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology continues in the same tradition by providing a series of in-depth explorations of key concepts and approaches by some of the scholars whose work constitutes the theoretical and methodological foundations of the contemporary study of language as culture. Senior scholars who have shaped the field in the last twenty to thirty years are joined by more junior colleagues who provide a fresh perspective on well-established areas of inquiry and new conceptualizations. The volume also includes a comprehensive bibliography of over 2000 entries designed as a resource for anyone seeking a guide to the literature of linguistic anthropology. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xx, 625 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1405128909 9781405128902 9780470997260 0470997265 0470996528 9780470996522 9781405144308 1405144300 1280284579 9781280284571 |
| Index Number: | P35 |
| CLC: | H0-05 |
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Speech Communities, Contact, and Variation: Registers of language / Language contact and contact languages / Codeswitching / Diversity, hierarchy, and modernity in Pacific Island communities / The value of linguistic diversity : viewing other worlds through North American Indian languages / Variation in sign languages / The Performing of Language: Conversation as a cultural activity / Gesture / Participation / Literacy practices across learning contexts / Narrative lessons / Poetry / Achieving Subjectivities and Intersubjectivities through Language: Language and identity / Misunderstanding / Language and religion / The Power in Language: Agency in language / Language and social inequality / Language ideologies / |