Date: 12-Jan-2006 From: Matt Glidden <blackwellnewsbos.blackwellpublishing.net> Subject: A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology: Duranti (Ed)
Title: A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology
Series Title: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
Published: 2006
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
Editor: Alessandro Duranti, University of California, Los Angeles
Paperback: ISBN: 1405144300 Pages: 648 Price: U.S. $ 39.95
Paperback: ISBN: 1405144300 Pages: 648 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
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 field.
*Summarizes past and contemporary research across the field and is intended to spur students and scholars to pursue new paths in the coming decades.
*Includes a comprehensive bibliography of over 2000 entries designed as a resource for anyone seeking a guide to the literature of linguistic anthropology.