Language and Classification - Meaning-making in the Classification and Categorization of Ceramics

Informationen zum Autor Allison Burkette is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Mississippi. Her previous publications include Language and Material Culture (2015). Zusammenfassung This volume examines the different ways in which classification is communicated and negotiated in different environments within archaeology. The book looks at the archaeological classification of ceramics as a lens through which to examine the discursive and social practices inherent in the classification and categorization process. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Negotiating Classification 2. Ceramics Classification 3. Teaching Classification: Classroom Typology 4. Classification in the Field: Historical Archaeology 5. Classification Down the Scope: Thin-Section Petrography 6. Classification Via Reactor: Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis 7. Classification as Personal Interpretation 8. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Allison Burkette, Allison (University of Mississippi Burkette
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138243361
• ISBN: 978-1-138-24336-1
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics; Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Sociolinguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques