ISBN:
9780631223528
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (648 p.)
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology Ser
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to anthropology v.1
Parallel Title:
Print version A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Anthropological linguistics
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Anthropology
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology provides 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. Provides a definitive overview of the field of linguistic anthropology, comprised of original contributions by leading scholars in the fieldSummarizes past and contemporary research across the field and is intended to spur students and scholars to pursue new paths in the coming decadesIncludes a comprehensive bibliography of over 2000 entrie
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Synopsis of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Speech Community; 2 Registers of Language; 3 Language Contact and Contact Languages; 4 Codeswitching; 5 Diversity, Hierarchy, and Modernity in Pacific Island Communities; 6 The Value of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds through North American Indian Languages; 7 Variation in Sign Languages; 8 Conversation as a Cultural Activity; 9 Gesture; 10 Participation; 11 Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts; 12 Narrative Lessons; 13 Poetry
Description / Table of Contents:
14 Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song15 Language Socialization; 16 Language and Identity; 17 Misunderstanding; 18 Language and Madness; 19 Language and Religion; 20 Agency in Language; 21 Language and Social Inequality; 22 Language Ideologies; General Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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