A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology

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Blackwell, 2004. — 625 p. — ISBN 0-631-22352-5.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.Speech Communities, Contact, and Variation Speech Community Registers of Language Language Contact and Contact Languages Codeswitching Diversity, Hierarchy, and Modernity in Pacific Island Communities The Value of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds through North American Indian Languages Variation in Sign Languages The Performing of Language Conversation as a Cultural Activity Gesture Participation Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts Narrative Lessons Poetry Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song Achieving Subjectivities and Intersubjectivities through Language Language Socialization Language and Identity Misunderstanding Language and Madness Language and Religion The Power in Language Agency in Language Language and Social Inequality Language Ideologies