Language, culture and society: an introduction to linguistic anthropology

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5th ed. — Westview Press, 2012. — 448 p.For four previous editions, professor have turned to Zdenek Salzmann’s Language, Culture, and Society for its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology, as well as for its reputation as a pedagogically sound, student-friendly text. New coauthors James Stanlaw and Nobuko Adachi join Salzmann in revising this classic text. With extensive updates and expanded discussions of fundamental issues, the fifth edition continues to be the essential teaching text for the introductory linguistic anthropology course.The fifth edition of Language, Culture, and Society features:Three new chapters on language and thought, language and ideology, and language in a globalized world, as well as expanded consideration of the role of linguistics as a key subfield of anthropology. An updated built-in resource manual and study guide for students and instructors. Sidebars and boxes throughout to provide ethnographic detail, enhance student comprehension, and illustrate the practical experience of conducting linguistic research. End-of-chapter summary and conclusion sections and a glossary for easy review, as well as an updated bibliography for further research.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroducing Linguistic Anthropology Why Should We Study Language? Language in Daily Life Modern Myths Concerning Languages Brief History of Anthropology Anthropology, Linguistics, and Linguistic Anthropology Summary and ConclusionsMethods of Linguistic Anthropology Contrasting Linguistics with Linguistic Anthropology The Fieldwork Component A Checklist for Research in the Field Summary and ConclusionsLanguage Is Sound: Phonology The Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Articulation of Speech Sounds From Phones to Phonemes Phonemes of English Prosodic Features Etics and Emics Summary and ConclusionsStructure of Words and Sentences Morphemes and Allomorphs Morphological Processes Morphophonemics The Sentence as a Unit of Analysis Inflections and Word Order Chomsky and Transformational-Generative Grammar Summary and ConclusionsNonverbal Communication Paralinguistics Kinesics Proxemics Whistle Languages Sign Languages Summary and ConclusionsThe Development and Evolution of Language Communication and Its Channels Communication Among Social Insects Communication Among Nonhuman Primates and Other Vertebrates When Does a Communication System Become Language? Milestones in Human Evolution Design Features of Language Language as an Evolutionary Product Monogenesis Versus Polygenesis Estimating the Age of Language: Linguistic Considerations Estimating the Age of Language: The View from Prehistory Estimating the Age of Language: Evidence from Anatomy Summary and ConclusionsAcquiring Language(s): Life with First Languages, Second Languages, and More The First Steps of Language Acquisition in Childhood Theories of Language Acquisition Language and the Brain Bilingual and Multilingual Brains The Social Aspects of Multilingualism Code-Switching, Code-Mixing, and Diglossia Summary and ConclusionsLanguage Through Time How Languages Are Classified Internal and External Changes How and Why Sound Changes Occur Reconstructing Protolanguages Reconstructing the Ancestral Homeland Reconstructing a Protoculture Trying to Date the Past: Glottochronology Time Perspective in Culture Summary and ConclusionsLanguages in Variation and Languages in Contact Idiolects Dialects Styles Language Contact Pidgins From Pidgins to Creoles Language Contact in the Contemporary World The World of Languages Summary and ConclusionsEthnography of Communication Speech Community and Related Concepts Units of Speech Behavior Components of Communication Subanun Drinking Talk Attitudes Toward the Use of Speech Recent Trends in the Ethnography of Speaking Summary and ConclusionsCulture as Cognition, Culture as Categorization: Meaning and Language in the Conceptual World Concepts, Words, and Categories The Lexical Nature of Concepts The Rise and (Relative) Fall of Ethnoscience Sound Symbolism and Synesthesia Studies of Discourse Summary and ConclusionsLanguage, Culture, and Thought The Stimulus of Sapir’s Writings The Whorf Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic Determinism Whorf ’s Hypothesis Reconsidered Color Nomenclature and Other Challenges to Linguistic Relativity Theoretical Alternatives to Linguistic Relativity Future Tests of Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic Determinism Summary and ConclusionsLanguage and Ideology: Variations in Class, Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationality Language, Social Class, and Identity Language and Gender Language, Race, and Ethnicity Language and Nationality Summary and ConclusionsLinguistic Anthropology in a Globalized World Language Planning Literacy, Writing, and Education The Life and Death of Languages Intercultural Communication and Translation Language and the Law English as an International Language Always On: New Literacies and Language in an Online Global World Ethical Questions and Standards of Conduct Summary and ConclusionsResource Manual and Study Guide Answers to the Objective Study Questions and Problems Glossary Bibliography Languages Mentioned in the Text and Their Locations (Map)