Language, culture, and society : key topics in linguistic anthropology

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Language, culture, and society : key topics in linguistic anthropology / [edited by] Christine Jourdan, Kevin Tuite

Series Titles:

Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; 23
Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; 23.

Related/Included Titles:

Walking through walls /
An issue about language /
Linguistic relativities /
Benjamin Lee Whorf and the Boasian foundations of contemporary ethnolinguistics /
Cognitive anthropology /
Methodological issues in cross-language color naming /
Pidgins and creoles genesis: an anthropological offering /
Bilingualism /
The impact of language socialization on grammatical development /
Intimate grammars: anthropological and psychoanalytic accounts of language, gender, and desire /
Maximizing ethnopoetics: fine-tuning anthropological experience /
Interpreting language variation and change /

Variant Titles:

Language, Culture, & Society

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Additional Author/Creators:

Jourdan, Christine, editor
Tuite, Kevin, editor

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Language and culture
Sociolinguistics

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Walking through walls / Christine Jourdan, Kevin Tuite -- An issue about language / Charles Taylor -- Linguistic relativities / John Leavitt -- Benjamin Lee Whorf and the Boasian foundations of contemporary ethnolinguistics / Regna Darnell -- Cognitive anthropology / Penny Brown -- Methodological issues in cross-language color naming / Paul Kay -- Pidgins and creoles genesis: an anthropological offering / Christine Jourdan -- Bilingualism / Monica Heller -- The impact of language socialization on grammatical development / Elinor Ochs, Bambi Schieffelin -- Intimate grammars: anthropological and psychoanalytic accounts of language, gender, and desire / Elizabeth Povinelli -- Maximizing ethnopoetics: fine-tuning anthropological experience / Paul Friedrich -- Interpreting language variation and change / Kevin Tuite.

Summary:

Language, our primary tool of thought and perception, is at the heart of who we are as individuals. Languages are constantly changing, sometimes into entirely new varieties of speech, leading to subtle differences in how we present ourselves to others. This revealing account brings together eleven leading specialists from the fields of linguistics, anthropology, philosophy and psychology, to explore the fascinating relationship between language, culture, and social interaction. A range of major questions are discussed: How does language influence our perception of the world? How do new languages emerge? How do children learn to use language appropriately? What factors determine language choice in bi- and multilingual communities? How far does language contribute to the formation of our personalities? And finally, in what ways does language make us human? Language, Culture and Society will be essential reading for all those interested in language and its crucial role in our social lives.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xi, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

General Note:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936951625602486

ISBN:

1-107-15333-6
1-280-43686-7
0-511-16867-5
0-511-16768-7
0-511-16910-8
0-511-32280-1
0-511-61679-1
0-511-16822-5

OCLC Number:

252515763