A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology

Copyright © 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology

Editor(s): Alessandro Duranti

Published Online: 26 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631223528

Online ISBN: 9780470996522

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996522

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A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology provides a series of in-depth explorations of key concepts and approaches by some of the scholars whose work constitutes the theoretical and methodological foundations of the contemporary study of language as culture.


  • Provides a definitive overview of the field of linguistic anthropology, comprised of original contributions by leading scholars in the field

  • Summarizes past and contemporary research across the field and is intended to spur students and scholars to pursue new paths in the coming decades

  • Includes a comprehensive bibliography of over 2000 entries designed as a resource for anyone seeking a guide to the literature of linguistic anthropology

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xx)

  2. Part I: Speech Communities, Contact, and Variation

    1. Chapter 1

      Speech Community (pages 1–22)

      Marcyliena Morgan

    2. Chapter 2

      Registers of Language (pages 23–45)

      Asif Agha

    3. Chapter 3

      Language Contact and Contact Languages (pages 46–72)

      Paul B. Garrett

    4. Chapter 4

      Codeswitching (pages 73–94)

      Kathryn A. Woolard

    5. Chapter 5

      Diversity, Hierarchy, and Modernity in Pacific Island Communities (pages 95–120)

      Niko Eesnier

    6. Chapter 6

      The Value of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds through North American Indian Languages (pages 121–140)

      Marianne Mithun

    7. Chapter 7

      Variation in Sign Languages (pages 141–165)

      Barbara LeMaster and Leila Monaghan

  3. Part II: The Performing of Language

    1. Chapter 8

      Conversation as a Cultural Activity (pages 167–196)

      Elizabeth Keating and Maria Egbert

    2. Chapter 9

      Gesture (pages 197–221)

      John B. Haviland

    3. Chapter 10

      Participation (pages 222–244)

      Charles Goodwin and Marjorie Harness Goodwin

    4. Chapter 11

      Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts (pages 245–268)

      Patricia Baquedano-López

    5. Chapter 12

      Narrative Lessons (pages 269–289)

      Elinor Ochs

    6. Chapter 13

      Poetry (pages 290–320)

      Giorgio Banti and Francesco Giannattasio

    7. Chapter 14

      Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song (pages 321–345)

      Steven Feld, Aaron A. Fox, Thomas Porcello and David Samuels

  4. Part III: Achieving Subjectivities and Inter subjectivities through Language

    1. Chapter 15

      Language Socialization (pages 347–368)

      Don Kulick and Bambi B. Schieffelin

    2. Chapter 16

      Language and Identity (pages 369–394)

      Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall

    3. Chapter 17

      Misunderstanding (pages 395–413)

      Benjamin Bailey

    4. Chapter 18

      Language and Madness (pages 414–430)

      James M. Wilce

    5. Chapter 19

      Language and Religion (pages 431–448)

      Webb Keane

  5. Part IV: The Power in Language

    1. Chapter 20

      Agency in Language (pages 449–473)

      Alessandro Duranti

    2. Chapter 21

      Language and Social Inequality (pages 474–495)

      Susan U. Philips

    3. Chapter 22

      Language Ideologies (pages 496–517)

      Paul V. Kroskrity

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      General Bibliography (pages 518–605)

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      Index (pages 606–625)

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