Linguistic Anthropology

A Reader
2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2632-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 798 g

Reihe: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best work that has been published in this exciting and growing area of anthropology, and is organized to provide a guide to key issues in the study of language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice. - Revised and updated, this second edition contains eight new articles on key subjects, including speech communities, the power and performance of language, and narratives
- Selections are both historically oriented and thematically coherent, and are accessibly grouped according to four major themes: speech community and communicative competence; the performance of language; language socialization and literacy practices; and the power of language
- An extensive introduction provides an original perspective on the development of the field and highlights its most compelling issues
- Each section includes a brief introductory statement, sets of guiding questions, and list of recommended readings on the main topics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duranti, Alessandro

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments to the Second Edition viii

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Linguistic Anthropology: History, Ideas, and Issues 1
Alessandro Duranti

Part I Ideal and Real Speech Communities 61

Introduction 63

1 The Speech Community 66
John J. Gumperz

2 The African-American Speech Community: Reality and Sociolinguists 74
Marcyliena Morgan

3 The Social Circulation of Media Discourse and the Mediation of Communities 93
Debra Spitulnik

4 Communication of Respect in Interethnic Service Encounters 114
Benjamin Bailey

5 The Idealised Native Speaker, Reified Ethnicities, and Classroom Realities 137
Constant Leung, Roxy Harris, and Ben Rampton

Part II The Performance of Language: Events, Genres, and Narratives 151

Introduction 153

6 Ways of Speaking 158
Dell Hymes

7 Formality and Informality in Communicative Events 172
Judith T. Irvine

8 Universal and Culture-Specific Properties of Greetings 188
Alessandro Duranti

9 Genre, Intertextuality, and Social Power 214
Charles L. Briggs and Richard Bauman

10 Narrating the Political Self in a Campaign for US Congress 245
Alessandro Duranti

11 Hip Hop Nation Language 272
H. Samy Alim

Part III Language Socialization and Literacy Practices 291

Introduction 293

12 Language Acquisition and Socialization: Three Developmental Stories and Their Implications 296
Elinor Ochs and Bambi B. Schieffelin

13 Participant Structures and Communicative Competence: Warm Springs Children in Community and Classroom 329
Susan U. Philips

14 What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and School 343
Shirley Brice Heath

15 Creating Social Identities through Doctrina Narratives 364
Patricia Baquedano-López

Part IV the Power of Language 379

Introduction 381

16 Arizona Tewa Kiva Speech as a Manifestation of a Dominant Language Ideology 386
Paul V. Kroskrity

17 Language Ideology and Linguistic Differentiation 402
Judith T. Irvine and Susan Gal

18 The ‘‘Father Knows Best’’ Dynamic in Dinnertime Narratives 435
Elinor Ochs and Carolyn Taylor

19 Professional Vision 452
Charles Goodwin

20 Language, Race, and White Public Space 479
Jane H. Hill

21 No 493
Don Kulick

Index 504

Über Autor(innen)

Alessandro Duranti is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. His publications include Key Terms in Language and Culture (Wiley-Blackwell, 2001) and A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004). He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and the recipient of various awards, including the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the UCLA Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award, and the American Anthropological Association/Mayfield Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.