Cultural Meanings and Social Institutions: Social Organization Through Language

Author:   David R. Heise
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2019 ed.
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9783030037383


Pages:   124
Publication Date:   03 January 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Employing three methods of assessing meaning, this book demonstrates that the thousands of human identities in English coalesce into groups that are recognizable as role sets in the contemporary social institutions of economy, kinship, religion, polity, law, education, medicine, sport, and arts. After establishing a theoretical and a methodological framework for his empirical work, David Heise presents the results obtained when meanings are assessed via dictionary definitions, collocates, and word associations. A close comparison of the results reveals that similar outcomes are obtained through each of these three different approaches of defining meaning. The final chapter summarizes the study, considers the benefits and limitations of studying society via language, and applies the results to describing how individuals operate social institutions via their daily social interactions. Aspects of this book will be of interest to social psychologists, sociologists, and linguists.

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Author:   David R. Heise
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2019 ed.
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030037383


ISBN 10:   303003738
Pages:   124
Publication Date:   03 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Language and Social Institutions.- Chapter 2. Analyzing Meanings of Identities.- Chapter 3. Dictionary Meanings of Identities.- Chapter 4. Contextual Meanings of Identities.- Chapter 5. Associative Meanings of Identities.- Chapter 6. Types of Meaning Compared.- Chapter 7. Meanings and Institutional Domains.

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David R. Heise is Rudy Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Indiana University, USA, and has previously served as editor of the journals Sociological Methodology and Sociological Methods & Research. His social psychological research focuses on the affective and logical foundations of social interaction. Heise has received Distinguished Career awards from four sections of the American Sociological Association—Social Psychology, Sociology of Emotions, Mathematical Sociology, and Methodology—and from the International Academy for Intercultural Research.

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