Language, culture, and society : key topics in linguistic anthropology /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 310 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; 23 Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 23.
Subject:	Language and culture. Sociolinguistics. Language and culture. Sociolinguistics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812389

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Other authors / contributors:	Jourdan, Christine. Tuite, Kevin.
ISBN:	0511169108 9780511169106 0511168675 9780511168673 0511167687 9780511167683 0511168225 9780511168222 9780521849418 0521849411 9780521614740 0521614740 1280436867 9781280436864 9786610436866 661043686X 9780511616792 0511616791 1107153336 9781107153332 0511322801 9780511322808 0521614740 0521849411
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-300) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	How does language influence our perception of the world? How do children learn to use language appropriately? How far does language contribute to the formation of our personalities? In what ways does language make us human? This volume brings together a team of leading specialists to discuss these important questions.
Other form:	Print version: Language, culture, and society. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521849411 0521614740
Standard no.:	9780511169106

Table of Contents:

COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WALKING THROUGH WALLS; 1 AN ISSUE ABOUT LANGUAGE; 2 LINGUISTIC RELATIVITIES; 3 BENJAMIN LEE WHORF AND THE BOASIAN FOUNDATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ETHNOLINGUISTICS; 4 COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY; 5 METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CROSS-LANGUAGE COLOR NAMING; 6 PIDGINS AND CREOLES GENESIS: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL OFFERING; 7 BILINGUALISM; 8 THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION ON GRAMMATICAL DEVELOPMENT.

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