A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-631-22352-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 648 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology

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.

Zielgruppe

advanced undergraduates and graduate students and scholars in social and cultural anthropology and linguistics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duranti, Alessandro

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Ethnolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Synopsis of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Part I: Speech Communities, Contact and Variation:

1. Speech Community: Marcyliena Morgan (Harvard University)

2. Registers Of Language: Asif Agha (University Of Pennsylvania)

3. Language Contact And Contact Languages: Paul B. Garrett (Temple University)

4. Codeswitching: Kathryn A. Woolard (University Of California, San Diego)

5. Diversity, Hierarchy And Modernity In Pacific Island Communities: Niko Besnier (University Of California, Los Angeles)

6. The Value Of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds Through North American Indian Languages: Marianne Mithun (University Of California, Santa Barbara)

7. Variation In Sign Languages: Barbara Lemaster And Leila Monaghan (California State University And Indiana University)

Part II: The Performing of Language:

8. Conversation As A Cultural Activity: Elizabeth Keating And Maria Egbert (University Of Texas, Austin, And University Of Oldenburg, Germany)

9. Gesture: John B. Haviland (Reed College)

10. Participation: Charles Goodwin And Marjorie Harness Goodwin (Both At University Of California, Los Angeles)

11. Literacy Practices Across Learning Contexts: Patricia Baquedano-López (University Of California, Berkeley)

12. Narrative Lessons: Elinor Ochs (University Of California, Los Angeles)

13. Poetry: Giorgio Banti And Francesco Giannattasio (University 'LOrientale, ' Naples And University Of Rome 'La Sapienza')

14. Vocal Anthropology: From The Music Of Language To The Language Of Song: Steven Feld, Aaron A. Fox, Thomas Porcello And David Samuels (Columbia University, Columbia University, Vassar College, University Of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Part III: Achieving Subjectivities and Intersubjectivities Through Language:

15. Language Socialization: Don Kulick And Bambi B. Schieffelin (Both At New York University)

16. Language And Identity: Mary Bucholtz And Kira Hall (University Of California, Santa Barbara And University Of Colorado, Boulder)

17. Misunderstanding: Benjamin Bailey (University Of Massachusetts, Amherst)

18. Language And Madness: James M. Wilce (Northern Arizona University)

19. Language And Religion: Webb Keane (University Of Michigan)

Part IV: The Power In Language:

20. Agency In Language: Alessandro Duranti (University Of California, Los Angeles)

21. Language And Social Inequality: Susan U. Philips (University Of Arizona)

22. Language Ideologies: Paul V. Kroskrity (University Of California, Los Angeles)

General Bibliography~

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alessandro Duranti is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Language, Interaction and Culture at UCLA. His books include From Grammar to Politics: Linguistic Anthropology in a Western Samoan Village (1994), Linguistic Anthropology (1997), Key Terms in Language and Culture (2001), and Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader (editor, 2001). In 1999 he received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the UCLA Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award. He is a former president of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology and former editor of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. In 2001 Duranti received the American Anthropological Association/Mayfield Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
University of California, Los Angeles