ISBN:
0511169108
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0511168675
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9780511169106
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9780511168673
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 310 pages)
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illustrations
Series Statement:
Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language 23
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Language, culture, and society
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Language and culture
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Sociolinguistics
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Language and culture
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Sociolinguistics
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics
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Abstract:
COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WALKING THROUGH WALLS; 1 AN ISSUE ABOUT LANGUAGE; 2 LINGUISTIC RELATIVITIES; 3 BENJAMIN LEE WHORF AND THE BOASIAN FOUNDATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ETHNOLINGUISTICS; 4 COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY; 5 METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CROSS-LANGUAGE COLOR NAMING; 6 PIDGINS AND CREOLES GENESIS: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL OFFERING; 7 BILINGUALISM; 8 THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION ON GRAMMATICAL DEVELOPMENT.
Abstract:
How does language influence our perception of the world? How do children learn to use language appropriately? How far does language contribute to the formation of our personalities? In what ways does language make us human? This volume brings together a team of leading specialists to discuss these important questions
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-300) and index
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English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616792
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