Language and Society: Anthropological Issues

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General Editor’s Preface......Page 5 Preface......Page 8 Section One: Introductory......Page 15 Introduction......Page 16 Section Two: Social Meaning Of Language......Page 37 A Transactional View Of Speech Functions And Codeswitching......Page 38 Extralinguistic Variables And Linguistic Description......Page 65 Sociolinguistic Aspects Of Pronoun Usage In Middle English......Page 70 Codeswitching As A “Safe Choice” In Choosing A Lingua Franca......Page 79 Other People’S Words: An Aspect Of Style In Ga Songs......Page 96 How Role-Relationships, Domains, And Speech Situations Affect Language Use Among Bilinguals......Page 118 Correlational Sociolinguistics And The Ethnography Of Communication......Page 134 Section Three: Survey Techniques......Page 141 Sociological Aspects Of Black English Dialects In The United States......Page 142 Communication In Culture Spaces......Page 149 Sociolinguistic Variation And Semantic Structure: The Case Of Tamil Kari......Page 166 Perspectives On Sociolinguistics In India......Page 174 A Demographic Typology For Hindi, Urdu, Panjabi Speakers In South Asia......Page 186 Social Mobility And Specialization In Language Use......Page 198 Modal And Modish Pronunciations: Some Sex Differences In Speech......Page 209 The Effects Of Marital Status And Age On Sex Differences In Language Style......Page 223 Sampling, Elicitation, And Interpretation: Orléans And Elsewhere......Page 232 Social Differences In White Speech......Page 249 Language Choice And Socialization In A Multilingual Community: Language Use Among Primary School Teachers In Ghana......Page 262 Relational Bilingualism: A Socioeducational Approach To Studying Multilingualism Among Mexican-Americans......Page 283 Section Four: Language And Cultural Identity......Page 304 The Future Of The Oppressed Languages In The Andes......Page 305 A Comparative Study Of Language Contact: The Influence Of Demographic Factors In Wales And The Soviet Union......Page 327 Linguistic Contacts And Elements Of Ethnic Identification......Page 355 Region, Religion, And Language: Parameters Of Identity In The Process Of Acculturation......Page 362 Sociopsychological Bases Of Language Choice And Use: The Case Of Swahili Vernaculars And English In Kenya......Page 371 Cree-English Bilingualism In Northern Alberta......Page 383 Bilingualism And Language Maintenance In Two Communities In Santa Catarina, Brazil......Page 395 Cherokee: A Flourishing Or Obsolescing Language?......Page 416 Chicano Bilingual/Bicultural Education......Page 426 Helping Africans To Speak For Themselves: The Role Of Linguistics......Page 437 Section Five: Modernization......Page 452 A Typology Of Language Education In Nigeria......Page 453 Social And Linguistic Structures Of Burundi, A Typical “Unimodal” Country......Page 498 The Sociolinguistic Structure Of The Danube Basin......Page 521 Language Unification In Taiwan: Present And Future......Page 529 The Persistence Of The Ideographic Script In The Far East: Its Competitive Values Versus The Alphabet......Page 567 Prestige Speech Styles: The Imposed Norm And Inherent Value Hypotheses......Page 576 Attitudes Toward The Adoption Of An International Language......Page 584 East Europeans And The Politics Of Multiculturalism In Alberta......Page 592 Universal Literacy Of The Formerly Backward Peoples Of The Soviet Union: A Factor Of Their Social Self-Awareness......Page 603 Communication In An Indian Village......Page 613 Emerging Patterns Of Communication Networks In A Developing Society......Page 623 Network Concepts In The Sociology Of Language......Page 642 Problems Of Language Standardization In India......Page 658 Universals Of Language Planning In National Development......Page 678 The Dimensionality And Predictability Of Responses To Language Planning Activities......Page 687 Section Six: Discussion......Page 708 Summary Of Discussion......Page 709 Biographical Notes......Page 725 Index Of Names......Page 738 Index Of Subjects......Page 743