Nurturing Language - Anthropological Linguistics in an African Context

This monograph introduces students and scholars in linguistics, anthropology, and intercultural communication to anthropological linguistics, with a special focus on Africa. Among the topics addressed are semantic fields such as kinship or colour terminology, spatial orientation, linguistic relativity and the link between language and cognition, onomastics, the ethnography of communication, interactional sociolinguistics, emotions, (im)politeness strategies, conversation analysis, and non-verbal communication.

About the author

Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, University of Cologne, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Gerrit J Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9783111522722
• ISBN: 978-3-11-152272-2
• No. of pages: 382
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 24 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 755 g
• Illustrations: 15 b/w and 51 col. ill., 29 b/w tbl.
• Series: ISSN; Anthropological Linguistics [AL]; Anthropological Linguistics [AL], 2
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics