A companion to linguistic anthropology

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Duranti, Alessandro (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell c2004.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Blackwell companions to anthropology.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology; Contents; Synopsis of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Speech Communities, Contact, and Variation; 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; Part II: The Performing of Language; 8 Conversation as a Cultural Activity; 9 Gesture; 10 Participation
  • 11 Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts12 Narrative Lessons; 13 Poetry; 14 Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song; Part III: Achieving Subjectivities and Intersubjectivities through Language; 15 Language Socialization; 16 Language and Identity; 17 Misunderstanding; 18 Language and Madness; 19 Language and Religion; Part IV: The Power in Language; 20 Agency in Language; 21 Language and Social Inequality; 22 Language Ideologies; General Bibliography; Index