Ebook: A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology

Blackwell, 2004. — 625 p. — ISBN 0-631-22352-5.Within the social sciences and the humanities, it is now widely accepted that the role of language in social life cannot be understood without a study of the interface between linguistic forms and the cultural practices that they help constitute. Linguistic anthropologists have been at the forefront of such a study for decades.A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology continues in the same tradition by providing 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. Senior scholars who have shaped the field in the last twenty to thirty years are joined by more junior colleagues who provide a fresh perspective on well-established areas of inquiry and new conceptualizations. The volume also includes a comprehensive bibliography of over 2000 entries designed as a resource for anyone seeking a guide to the literature of linguistic anthropology.Speech Communities, Contact, and Variation
Speech Community
Registers of Language
Language Contact and Contact Languages
Codeswitching
Diversity, Hierarchy, and Modernity in Pacific Island Communities
The Value of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds through North American Indian Languages
Variation in Sign Languages
The Performing of Language
Conversation as a Cultural Activity
Gesture
Participation
Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts
Narrative Lessons
Poetry
Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song
Achieving Subjectivities and Intersubjectivities through Language
Language Socialization
Language and Identity
Misunderstanding
Language and Madness
Language and Religion
The Power in Language
Agency in Language
Language and Social Inequality
Language Ideologies