Living Language - An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology - 3rd edition

A new, fully revised edition of this bestselling textbook in linguistic anthropology, updated to address the impacts of globalization, pandemics, and other contemporary socio-economic issues in the study of language
 
Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology has introduced thousands of students to the engaging and compelling field of linguistic anthropology. Now in a new, fully updated and revised third edition, this bestselling textbook provides a student-friendly exploration of language as a social and cultural practice. Covering both theory and real-world practice, this clear and highly accessible textbook examines the relationship between language and social context while highlighting the advantages of an ethnographic approach to the study of language. The third edition includes a timely new chapter that investigates how technologies such as social media and online meetings have changed language. The new edition also considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on linguistic practices, ensuring that this text will be a valuable resource for students for years to come. This insightful text:
* Offers an engaging introduction to the field of linguistic anthropology
* Features all-new material covering contemporary technologies and global developments
* Explains how language use is studied as a form of social action
* Covers nonverbal and multimodal communication, language acquisition and socialization, the relationship between language and thought, and language endangerment and revitalization
* Explores various forms of linguistic and social communities, and discusses social and linguistic differentiation and inequality along racial, ethnic, and gender dimensions
 
Requiring no prior knowledge in linguistics or anthropology, Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology, Third Edition, is the perfect textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in introductory linguistic anthropology as well as related courses in sociolinguistics, sociology, and communication.

Sommario

List of Figures ix
 
List of Tables xi
 
Preface xiii
 
Acknowledgments xix
 
Part I Language: Some Basic Questions 1
 
1 The Socially Charged Life of Language 3
 
So, What Do You Need to Know in Order to "Know" a Language? 9
 
Examples of Linguistic Diversity 13
 
Examples of Diversity in Research Topics in Linguistic Anthropology 17
 
Keith Basso 18
 
Marjorie Harness Goodwin 18
 
Bonnie Urciuoli 19
 
Alessandro Duranti 20
 
Kathryn A. Woolard 20
 
James M. Wilce 21
 
Key Terms in Linguistic Anthropology 21
 
Multifunctionality 22
 
Language Ideologies 24
 
Practice 26
 
Indexicality 29
 
The Inseparability of Language, Culture, and Social Relations 33
 
2 Gestures, Sign Languages, and Multimodality 35
 
Bakhtin's Double-Voiced Discourse 37
 
Goffman's Participation Framework and Production Format 38
 
Speech and the Analysis of Conversation 39
 
Gestures and Other Forms of Embodied Communication 42
 
Sign Languages 47
 
Poetry, Whistled Languages, Song, and Images 50
 
3 The Research Process in Linguistic Anthropology 54
 
What Kinds of Research Questions Do Linguistic Anthropologists Formulate? 55
 
What Kinds of Data Do Linguistic Anthropologists Collect, and with What Methods? 57
 
Participant Observation 58
 
Interviews 58
 
Surveys and Questionnaires 60
 
Naturally Occurring Conversations 60
 
Experimental Methods 62
 
Matched Guise Tests 63
 
Written Texts 64
 
How Do Linguistic Anthropologists Analyze Their Data? 64
 
What Products Do Linguistic Anthropologists Generate from their Research? 67
 
What Sorts of Ethical Issues Do Linguistic Anthropologists Face? 68
 
4 Language Acquisition and Socialization 72
 
Language Acquisition and the Socialization Process 74
 
Gaps in the "Language Gap" Approach 78
 
Language Socialization in Bilingual or Multilingual Contexts 81
 
Language Socialization throughout the Lifespan 84
 
Conclusion 88
 
5 Language, Thought, and Culture 90
 
A Hundred Years of Linguistic Relativity 91
 
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis 94
 
Investigating the Effects of Language on Thought 97
 
Language-in-General 98
 
Linguistic Structures 102
 
Color 106
 
Space 108
 
Time 110
 
Language Use 111
 
Conclusion 117
 
Part II Global Communities of Speakers, Hearers, Readers, and Writers 121
 
6 Global Communities of Multilingual Language Users 123
 
Defining "Speech Community" 124
 
Size and Location of the Community 124
 
What is Shared by the Members of a Speech Community? 125
 
The Type of Interactions that Speech Community Members Have 125
 
Alternatives to the Concept of "Speech Community" 129
 
Speech Areas 129
 
Speech Networks 130
 
Communities of Practice 132
 
Multilingual and Transnational Linguistic Practices 136
 
Diglossia, Code-Mixing, and Code-Switching 144
 
Diglossia 145
 
Code-Switching 146
 
Code-Mixing 148
 
Heteroglossia 151
 
Conclusion 152
 
7 Literacy Practices 153
 
Literacy Events vs. Literacy Practices 155
 
"Autonomous" vs. "Ideological" Approaches to Studying Literacy 156
 
Some Examples of Situated Literacy Research 158
 
Preschool Literacy Practices in the Southeastern United States 158
 
Pema Kumari's letter 162

Info autore

Laura M. Ahearn is a linguistic and cultural anthropologist who has conducted research in Nepal on agency, language, and changing marriage practices. Formerly a tenured professor at Rutgers University, she is currently a Senior Learning Advisor at Social Impact, a global development management consulting firm, where she studies and supports the implementation of USAID's Digital Development Strategy. She is the author of Invitations to Love: Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal.

Riassunto

A new, fully revised edition of this bestselling textbook in linguistic anthropology, updated to address the impacts of globalization, pandemics, and other contemporary socio-economic issues in the study of language

Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology has introduced thousands of students to the engaging and compelling field of linguistic anthropology. Now in a new, fully updated and revised third edition, this bestselling textbook provides a student-friendly exploration of language as a social and cultural practice. Covering both theory and real-world practice, this clear and highly accessible textbook examines the relationship between language and social context while highlighting the advantages of an ethnographic approach to the study of language. The third edition includes a timely new chapter that investigates how technologies such as social media and online meetings have changed language. The new edition also considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on linguistic practices, ensuring that this text will be a valuable resource for students for years to come. This insightful text:
* Offers an engaging introduction to the field of linguistic anthropology
* Features all-new material covering contemporary technologies and global developments
* Explains how language use is studied as a form of social action
* Covers nonverbal and multimodal communication, language acquisition and socialization, the relationship between language and thought, and language endangerment and revitalization
* Explores various forms of linguistic and social communities, and discusses social and linguistic differentiation and inequality along racial, ethnic, and gender dimensions

Requiring no prior knowledge in linguistics or anthropology, Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology, Third Edition, is the perfect textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in introductory linguistic anthropology as well as related courses in sociolinguistics, sociology, and communication.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: L Ahearn, Laura M Ahearn, Laura M. Ahearn, Ahearn Laura M.
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781119608141
• ISBN: 978-1-119-60814-1
• Pagine: 400
• Serie: Primers in Anthropology
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria; Anthropologie, Linguistik, Angewandte Linguistik, Linguistics, Anthropology, Sprachwissenschaften, Applied Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, Allg. Sprachwissenschaften, Linguistische Anthropologie