Overview

For four previous editions, professors have turned to Zdenek Salzmann's Language, Culture, and Society for its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology, as well as for its reputation as a pedagogically sound, student-friendly text. New coauthors James Stanlaw and Nobuko Adachi join Salzmann in revising this classic text. With extensive updates and expanded discussions of fundamental issues, the fifth edition continues to be the essential teaching text for the introductory linguistic anthropology course. The fifth edition of Language, Culture, and Society features: Three new chapters on language and thought, language and ideology, and language in a globalized world, as well as expanded consideration of the role of linguistics as a key subfield of anthropology; An updated built-in resource manual and study guide for students and instructors; Sidebars and boxes throughout to provide ethnographic detail, enhance student comprehension, and illustrate the practical experience of conducting linguistic research; End-of-chapter summary and conclusion sections and a glossary for easy review, as well as an updated bibliography for further research.

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Author:   Zdenek Salzmann ,  James Stanlaw ,  Nobuko Adachi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Westview Press Inc
Edition:   5th New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.528kg
ISBN:  

9780813345406

ISBN 10:   0813345405
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   13 September 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface 1 Introducing Linguistic Anthropology Why Should We Study Language? Language in Daily Life Modern Myths Concerning Languages Brief History of Anthropology Anthropology, Linguistics, and Linguistic Anthropology Summary and Conclusions 2 Methods of Linguistic Anthropology Contrasting Linguistics with Linguistic Anthropology The Fieldwork Component A Checklist for Research in the Field Summary and Conclusions 3 Language Is Sound: Phonology The Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Articulation of Speech Sounds From Phones to Phonemes Phonemes of English Prosodic Features Etics and Emics Summary and Conclusions 4 Structure of Words and Sentences Morphemes and Allomorphs Morphological Processes Morphophonemics The Sentence as a Unit of Analysis Inflections and Word Order Chomsky and Transformational-Generative Grammar Summary and Conclusions 5 Nonverbal Communication Paralinguistics Kinesics Proxemics Whistle ""Languages"" Sign Languages Summary and Conclusions 6 The Development and Evolution of Language Communication and Its Channels Communication Among Social Insects Communication Among Nonhuman Primates and Other Vertebrates When Does a Communication System Become Language? Milestones in Human Evolution Design Features of Language Language as an Evolutionary Product Monogenesis Versus Polygenesis Estimating the Age of Language: Linguistic Considerations Estimating the Age of Language: The View from Prehistory Estimating the Age of Language: Evidence from Anatomy Summary and Conclusions 7 Acquiring Language(s): Life with First Languages, Second Languages, and More The First Steps of Language Acquisition in Childhood Theories of Language Acquisition Language and the Brain Bilingual and Multilingual Brains The Social Aspects of Multilingualism Code-Switching, Code-Mixing, and Diglossia Summary and Conclusions 8 Language Through Time How Languages Are Classified Internal and External Changes How and Why Sound Changes Occur Reconstructing Protolanguages Reconstructing the Ancestral Homeland Reconstructing a Protoculture Trying to Date the Past: Glottochronology Time Perspective in Culture Summary and Conclusions 9 Languages in Variation and Languages in Contact Idiolects Dialects Styles Language Contact Pidgins From Pidgins to Creoles Language Contact in the Contemporary World The World of Languages Summary and Conclusions 10 Ethnography of Communication Speech Community and Related Concepts Units of Speech Behavior Components of Communication Subanun Drinking Talk Attitudes Toward the Use of Speech Recent Trends in the Ethnography of Speaking Summary and Conclusions 11 Culture as Cognition, Culture as Categorization: Meaning and Language in the Conceptual World Concepts, Words, and Categories The Lexical Nature of Concepts The Rise and (Relative) Fall of Ethnoscience Sound Symbolism and Synesthesia Studies of Discourse Summary and Conclusions 12 Language, Culture, and Thought The Stimulus of Sapir's Writings The Whorf Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic Determinism Whorf 's Hypothesis Reconsidered Color Nomenclature and Other Challenges to Linguistic Relativity Theoretical Alternatives to Linguistic Relativity Future Tests of Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic Determinism Summary and Conclusions 13 Language and Ideology: Variations in Class, Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationality Language, Social Class, and Identity Language and Gender Language, ""Race,"" and Ethnicity Language and Nationality Summary and Conclusions 14 Linguistic Anthropology in a Globalized World Language Planning Literacy, Writing, and Education The Life and Death of Languages Intercultural Communication and Translation Language and the Law English as an International Language Always On: New Literacies and Language in an Online Global World Ethical Questions and Standards of Conduct Summary and Conclusions Resource Manual and Study Guide Answers to the Objective Study Questions and Problems Glossary Bibliography Languages Mentioned in the Text and Their Locations (Map)"

Reviews

<p>Praise forZdenek Salzmann, James Stanlaw, and Nobuko Adachi's Language, Culture, and Society, Fifth Edition This is exactly what an introduction to linguistic anthropology should be. Touching on all the major components of the field, this accessible text demonstrates what the systematic study of language can tell us about human culture, history, and cognition. --Caleb Everett, University of Miami This new edition is not a simple revision, but a re-visioning of introductory linguistic anthropology. Salzmann, Stanlaw, and Adachi begin with basic linguistic concepts and take the reader through contemporary problems in linguistic anthropology... using examples from classic and recent research. This book is accessible to any college student interested in linguistic anthropology. --Douglas W. Hume, Northern Kentucky University Salzmann's fifth edition is undoubtedly the best introduction to the field of linguistic anthropology currently in print. The book has an engaging writing style

Author Information

Zdenek Salzmann is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of Native Americans of the Southwest (Westview Press). James Stanlaw is professor of anthropology at Illinois State University. He is the author of Japanese English: Language and Culture Contact. Nobuko Adachi is associate professor of anthropology at Illinois State University. She is the author of Japanese Diasporas: Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents, and Uncertain Futures.

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