A Basic Course in Anthropological Linguistics
Author | : Marcel Danesi |
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Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2004 |
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Author | : Marcel Danesi |
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Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2004 |
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Author | : Marcel Danesi |
Publisher | : Canadian Scholars Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Language can be studied from several angles. The one that focuses on the relation between language, thought, and culture is known as anthropological linguistics (AL). This text constitutes a basic introduction to the subject matter and techniques of AL. Traditionally, anthropological linguists have aimed to document and study the languages of indigenous cultures, especially North American ones. Today, however, the purview of this exciting science has been extended considerably to encompass the study of language as a general cultural phenomenon, and to determine genealogical relations among languages, so as to recreate ancient cultures through them. The overall objective of A Basic Course in Anthropological Linguistics is to show how the technical methodology of linguistic analysis can help students gain a deeper understanding of language as a strategy for classifying the world. The text's underlying premise is that the distinction between language and knowledge is hardly ever clear-cut. Indeed, the two enter into a constant synergy - a synergy that defines the human condition.
Author | : Kamal K. Misra |
Publisher | : Concept Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Anthropological linguistics |
ISBN | : 9788170228196 |
Author | : Bruce M. Rowe |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2015-07-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317349288 |
Provides a linguistic foundation for students of all majors Assisted by numerous pedagogical aids, A Concise Introduction to Linguistics, 4/e explains all concepts in a systematic way making complex linguistic topics as easy to learn as possible. This introductory title covers the core topics of linguistics, providing the information and concepts that will allow students to understand more detailed and advanced treatments of linguistics. This student-friendly and well-balanced overview of the field of introductory linguistics pays special attention to linguistic anthropology and reveals the main contributions of linguistics to the study of human communication and how issues of culture are relevant. Its workbook format contains well-constructed exercises in every chapter that allow students to practice key concepts.
Author | : Marcel Danesi |
Publisher | : Canadian Scholars’ Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1551304899 |
Anthropologists have always put language at the centre of their agenda. So too have linguists. Anthropological linguistics, the amalgam of the two disciplines, aims to document and examine how language mirrors social structure and cultural-specific thought patterns. Linguistic Anthropology: A Brief Introduction - the third edition of Marcel Danesi's popular text - provides a concrete method for studying the relation between language and society. This book is ideal for introductory-level courses in linguistics that adopt a cultural focus and is also suitable for supplementary use in more theoretical linguistics courses. The new edition has been restructured and streamlined to make it a better fit for one-semester courses. Written in Danesi's accessible and engaging style, this book will also appeal to a broad audience of language students, scholars, and enthusiasts.
Author | : Stephen O. Murray |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 1994-11-28 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027284962 |
Based on extensive archival research, interviews, and participant observation over the course of two decades, Theory Groups in the Study of Language in North America provides a detailed social history of traditions and “revolutionary” challenges to traditions within North American linguistics, especially within 20th-century anthropological linguistics. After showing substantial differences between Bloomfield's and neo-Bloomfieldian theorizing, Murray shows that early transformational-generative work on syntax grew out of neo-Bloomfieldian structuralism, and was promoted by neo-Bloomfieldian gatekeepers, in particular longtime Language editor Bernard Bloch. The central case studies of the book contrast the (increasingly) “revolutionary rhetoric” of transformational-generative grammarians with rhetorics of continuity emitted by two linguistic anthropology groupings that began simultaneously with TGG in the late-1950s, the ethnography of communication and ethnoscience.The history of linguistics in North America provides a continuum from isolated scholars to successful groups dominating entire disciplines. Although focused on groupings — both “invisible colleges” and readily visible institutions — Murray discusses those writing about language in society who were not participants in “theory groups” or “schools” both before and after the three central case studies. He provides a theory of social bases for claiming to be making “scientific revolution” in contrast to building on sound “traditions”, and suggests non-cognitive reasons for success in the often rhetorically violent contention of perspectives about language in North America during the last century and a half. The book includes appendices explaining the methodology used, an extensive bibliography, and an index.
Author | : Marcel Danesi |
Publisher | : Canadian Scholars’ Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2008-08-11 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1551303477 |
Language is the core of human culture - anthropologists have always put it at the centre of their agenda. So too have many linguists. The amalgam of the two disciplines, anthropological linguistics, aims to document and examine how language mirrors social structure and culture-specific thought patterns. Language, Society, and Culture provides a concrete method for studying the relation between language and society. Intended for use in introductory-level courses in linguistics that adopt a cultural focus, this text is also suitable for supplementary use in more theoretical linguistics courses. Written in Danesi's accessible and engaging style, highlighting the fascinating and vital work going on in anthropological linguistics, this book will also appeal to a broad audience of language students, scholars, and enthusiasts.
Author | : Laura M. Ahearn |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2016-10-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1119060664 |
Revised and updated, the 2nd Edition of Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology presents an accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world through the contemporary theory and practice of linguistic anthropology. Presents a highly accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world Combines classic studies on language and cutting-edge contemporary scholarship and assumes no prior knowledge in linguistics or anthropology Features a series of updates and revisions for this new edition, including an all-new chapter on forms of nonverbal language Provides a unifying synthesis of current research and considers future directions for the field
Author | : Elizabeth Winkler |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2012-01-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 144113896X |
Author | : Svenja Völkel |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 2022-08-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110726629 |
This book provides an overview of approaches to language and culture, and it outlines the broad interdisciplinary field of anthropological linguistics and linguistic anthropology. It identifies current and future directions of research, including language socialization, language reclamation, speech styles and genres, language ideology, verbal taboo, social indexicality, emotion, time, and many more. Furthermore, it offers areal perspectives on the study of language in cultural contexts (namely Africa, the Americas, Australia and Oceania, Mainland Southeast Asia, and Europe), and it lays the foundation for future developments within the field. In this way, the book bridges the disciplines of cultural anthropology and linguistics and paves the way for the new book series Anthropological Linguistics.