The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology

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The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology is a broad survey of linguistic anthropology, featuring contributions from prominent scholars in the field. Each chapter presents a brief historical summary of research in the field and discusses topics and issues of current concern to people doing research in linguistic anthropology. The handbook is organized into four parts – Language and Cultural Productions; Language Ideologies and Practices of Learning; Language and the Communication of Identities; and Language and Local/Global Power – and covers current topics of interest at the intersection of the two fields, while also contextualizing them within discussions of fieldwork practice. Featuring 30 contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology is an essential overview for students and researchers interested in understanding core concepts and key issues in linguistic anthropology. The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology- Front Cover......Page 1 The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 9 Preface......Page 13 The Discovery of Time and of Regularity in Change (Linguistics)......Page 16 The Discovery of Structure......Page 17 Language as Socially Embedded (Anthropology and Linguistics)......Page 20 Language as Constitutive of Populations......Page 21 References......Page 22 Part I: Language and Cultural Productions......Page 26 2 Historical Perspectives......Page 28 3 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 34 4 Current Contributions and Research......Page 35 5 Recommendations for Practice......Page 37 Notes......Page 38 References......Page 39 Further Reading......Page 41 1 Introduction/Definitions......Page 42 2 Historical Perspectives......Page 43 3 Critical Issues and Topics in Current Research......Page 45 4 Methodology and Current Research Directions......Page 51 References......Page 53 Further Reading......Page 58 1 Introduction: The Social Imaginary......Page 59 2 Main Research Methods......Page 61 3 Conclusions and Future Directions......Page 72 References......Page 73 Further Reading......Page 75 1 Introduction: The Ethnocentrism of the Classic Approach to Kinship......Page 77 2 Historical Perspectives: The Death of Kinship Studies?......Page 78 3 Critical Issues and Topics: The NSM Approach to Language and Culture......Page 79 4 The Key Issue: Lexical Universals......Page 80 5 “Things That Are Common to All Mankind”......Page 81 6 Current Contributions and Research: Understanding the “Thought-Paths” of a Distant Culture......Page 83 7 Retrospective......Page 89 8 Concluding Remarks and Future Directions: Technical Language and Human Understanding......Page 91 Related Topics......Page 92 References......Page 93 Further Reading......Page 94 Introduction/Definitions......Page 95 Historical Perspectives......Page 96 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 99 Main Research Methods......Page 102 Recommendations for Practice and Future Directions......Page 104 References......Page 105 Further Reading......Page 106 Part II: Language Ideologies and Practices of Learning......Page 108 1 Introduction......Page 110 2 Historical Perspectives......Page 111 3 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 113 4 Current Research Topics......Page 117 6 Future Directions......Page 118 References......Page 119 Further Reading......Page 123 Introduction......Page 124 Households: Brief Review......Page 125 Family Visits......Page 126 Strangers’ Visits to Households......Page 127 Coda......Page 135 Related Topics......Page 137 References......Page 138 Further Reading......Page 139 Historical Perspectives......Page 140 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 142 Current Contributions and Research......Page 144 Main Research Methods......Page 147 Future Directions and Recommendations for Practice......Page 149 References......Page 150 Further Reading......Page 154 1 Introduction......Page 155 2 Main Research Methods and Sampling Issues......Page 157 3 Critical Issues and Topics: Factors Influencing the Acquisition Process......Page 163 References......Page 169 Further Reading......Page 173 2 Historical Perspectives: “Competent” Membership as an Idealized Endpoint of Language Socialization......Page 174 3 Crucial Issues and Topics: Studying Marginalization across Contexts and Analytic Scales......Page 176 4 Current Contributions and Research: Marginalization as Trajectories of Language Socialization......Page 178 5 A Case Study of Marginalization and Its Paradoxes: Moroccan Immigrant Children in Spain......Page 182 Related Topics......Page 186 References......Page 187 Further Reading......Page 189 Part III: Language and the Communication of Identities......Page 190 Introduction......Page 192 Historical Perspectives......Page 193 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 195 Current Contributions and Research......Page 199 Future Directions......Page 202 References......Page 203 Further Reading......Page 205 Historical Perspectives......Page 206 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 207 Current Contributions and Research......Page 208 Future Directions......Page 216 Notes......Page 217 References......Page 218 Further Reading......Page 220 1 Introduction......Page 221 2 Relevant Research Perspectives......Page 223 3 Historical Perspectives......Page 225 4 Analytical Procedures......Page 227 5 Anticipated Findings......Page 229 6 Preliminary Implications for Future Research......Page 231 References......Page 232 1 Introduction......Page 235 2 Historical Perspectives......Page 236 3 Critical Issues and Current Contributions......Page 238 Acknowledgments......Page 242 References......Page 243 Further Reading......Page 248 1 Introduction and Historical Perspectives......Page 249 2 Current Contributions and Research......Page 251 3 Issues and Topics......Page 253 4 Main Research Methods: Transcription......Page 254 5 Future Directions......Page 256 References......Page 257 Further Reading......Page 261 Introduction......Page 262 2 Historical Perspectives on Sign Languages and Signing Communities......Page 265 3 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 266 4 Current Contributions and Research......Page 269 6 Recommendations for Practice in the Study of Sign Languages......Page 271 7 Future Directions......Page 272 References......Page 273 Further Reading......Page 276 Historical Perspectives: Older Views on How New Languages Emerge......Page 277 Critical Issues: Emergent Models of Language Emergence......Page 279 Heteroglossic Play and Intertextual Performance......Page 281 Current Contributions: Newer and Still Emergent Approaches......Page 283 Future Directions, or Just Some Final (Emergent) Words in That Direction......Page 286 References......Page 287 Further Reading......Page 290 Part IV: Language and Local/Global Power......Page 292 Introduction......Page 294 Language and Colonialism......Page 296 Language and Fascism......Page 299 Language and the Cold War......Page 301 Language and Neoliberalism......Page 304 Critical Issues and Future Directions......Page 308 Notes......Page 309 References......Page 310 Further Reading......Page 315 1 Introduction......Page 316 2 Definitions......Page 317 3 The Linguistic Articulation of Immigration in Social Life......Page 320 5 Directions in Immigration Research......Page 328 Notes......Page 329 References......Page 330 Introduction......Page 332 Historical Perspectives......Page 333 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 335 References......Page 342 1 Introduction......Page 344 2 Historical Perspectives......Page 345 3 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 347 4 Current Contributions and Research......Page 354 Future Directions......Page 357 References......Page 358 Further Reading......Page 361 1 Introduction......Page 363 2 Historical Perspectives: What Are Creoles and Pidgins?......Page 364 3 Critical Issues......Page 367 4 Current Contributions and Research......Page 370 5 Future Directions......Page 374 References......Page 376 1 Introduction/Definitions......Page 381 2 Historical and Current Socio-political Perspectives......Page 383 3 Relevant Methodologies of Analysis......Page 384 4 Important Dimensions......Page 385 5 Current Contributions and Research: A Discourse-Historical Analysis of the FPÖ’s Discriminatory Rhetoric......Page 388 6 Future Directions......Page 393 Notes......Page 394 References......Page 396 2 Racism......Page 399 5 Current Contributions and Research: The Press......Page 400 6 Reception of Biased News......Page 404 References......Page 406 Introduction......Page 408 Historical Perspectives......Page 409 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 412 Current Contributions and Research......Page 415 Recommendations for Practice......Page 417 Future Directions......Page 418 References......Page 419 Further Reading......Page 420 Introduction......Page 421 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 423 Current Contributions and Research......Page 427 Future Directions......Page 430 Notes......Page 431 References......Page 432 Further Reading......Page 434 Introduction/Definitions......Page 435 Critical Issues and Topics......Page 436 Current Contributions and Research/Practice......Page 438 Main Research Methods......Page 443 Recommendations for Practice......Page 444 Future Directions......Page 445 Further Reading and Resources......Page 446 1 Introduction......Page 448 2 Historical Perspectives......Page 449 4 Current Contributions and Research......Page 451 6 Recommendations for Practice and Future Directions......Page 456 Notes......Page 458 References......Page 459 Further Reading......Page 461 1 Introduction......Page 462 2 Historical Perspectives: Salvage Ethnography and the Americanist Tradition......Page 463 3 Critical Topics: Language Shift, Inequality, and Voice......Page 465 4 Current Contributions and Research: Beyond Language Endangerment - Politics and Ideologies......Page 467 5 Recommendations for Practice, Part 1: On Applied Efforts and Collaboration......Page 469 6 Recommendations for Practice, Part 2: On Discrimination and Linguistic Racism......Page 470 7 Future Directions: Language Endangerment in the Twenty-first Century......Page 472 References......Page 474 Further Reading......Page 477 Index......Page 478