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Books: Sociolinguistics: Jourdan, Tuite (Eds)
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Language, Culture, and Society: Jourdan, Tuite (Eds)
Message 1: Language, Culture, and Society: Jourdan, Tuite (Eds)
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Date: 10-Jun-2006
From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
Subject: Language, Culture, and Society: Jourdan, Tuite (Eds)
Title: Language, Culture, and Society
Subtitle: Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
Series Title: Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, 23
Publication Year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
http://us.cambridge.org
Book URL: http://us.cambridge.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521614740
Editor: Christie Jourdan
Editor: Kevin Tuite
Hardback: ISBN: 0521849411 Pages: 324 Price: U.S. $ 80.00
Paperback: ISBN: 521614740 Pages: 324 Price: U.S. $ 34.99
Paperback: ISBN: 521614740 Pages: 324 Price: U.K. £ 19.99
Abstract:
Language, our primary tool of thought and perception, is at the heart of
who we are as individuals. Languages are constantly changing, sometimes
into entirely new varieties of speech, leading to subtle differences in how
we present ourselves to others. This revealing account brings together
eleven leading specialists from the fields of linguistics, anthropology,
philosophy and psychology, to explore the fascinating relationship between
language, culture, and social interaction.
A range of major questions are discussed: How does language influence our
perception of the world? How do new languages emerge? How do children learn
to use language appropriately? What factors determine language choice in
bi- and multilingual communities? How far does language contribute to the
formation of our personalities? And finally, in what ways does language
make us human?
Language, Culture and Society will be essential reading for all those
interested in language and its crucial role in our social lives.
Introduction: Walking through walls Christine Jourdan and Kevin Tuite;
1. An issue about language Charles Taylor;
2. Linguistic relativities John Leavitt;
3. Benjamin Lee Whorf and the boasian foundations of contemporary
ethnolinguistics Regna Darnell;
4. Cognitive anthropology Penelope Brown;
5. Methodological issues in cross-language colour naming Paul Kay;
6. Pidgins and creoles genesis: an anthropological offering Christine
Jourdan;
7. Bilingualism Monica Heller;
8. The impact of language socialization on grammatical development Elinor
Ochs and Bambi Schieffelin;
9. Intimate grammars: anthropological and psychoanalytic accounts of
language, gender, and desire Elizabeth Povinelli;
10. Maximizing ethnopoetics: toward the fine-tuning (anthropological)
experience Paul Friedrich;
11. Of phonemes, fossils and webs of meaning: the interpretation of
language variation and change Kevin Tuite.
Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng)
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