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Language, culture, and society : an introduction to linguistic anthropology /

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"For five previous editions, professors have turned to Language, Culture, and Society for its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology, as well as for its reputation as a pedagogically sound, student-friendly text. Zdenek Salzmann and coauthors James Stanlaw and...

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Main Authors: Salzmann, Zdeněk (Author), Stanlaw, James (Author), Adachi, Nobuko (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2015]
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
Anthropological linguistics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1. Introducing Linguistic Anthropology
  • Chapter 2. Methods of Linguistic Anthropology
  • Chapter 3. "Nuts and Bolts" Linguistic Anthropology I: Language is Sound
  • Chapter 4. "Nuts and Bolts" Linguistic Anthropology II: Structure of Words and Sentences
  • Chapter 5. Communicating Nonverbally
  • Chapter 6. The Development and Evolution of Language: Language Birth, Language Growth, and Language Death
  • Chapter 7. Acquiring Language(s): Life with First Languages, Second Languages, and More
  • Chapter 8. Language through Time
  • Chapter 9. Languages in Variation and Languages in Contact
  • Chapter 10. Ethnography of Communication
  • Chapter 11. Culture as Cognition, Culture as Categorization: Meaning and Language in the Conceptual World
  • Chapter 12. Language, Culture, and Thought
  • Chapter 13. Language, Identity, and Ideology I: Variations in Gender
  • Chapter 14. Language, Identity, and Ideology II: Variations in Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality
  • Chapter 15. Linguistic Anthropology in the Globalized World
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Languages Mentioned in the Text and Their Locations (map)
  • Index.