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Authors: Nancy Bonvillain
ISBN-13: 9780135135686, ISBN-10: 0135135680
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: October 2007
Edition: 5th Edition

Author Biography: Nancy Bonvillain

Book Synopsis

Using data from cultures and languages throughout the world to highlight both similarities and differences in human languages—this text explores the many interconnections among language, culture, and communicative meaning. It examines the multi-faceted meanings and uses of language and emphasizes the ways that language encapsulates speakers' meanings and intentions.

	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
	References	5
Ch. 2	The Form of the Message	6
	Phonology: The Sounds of Language	6
	Morphology: The Structure of Words	17
	Syntax: The Structure of Sentences	25
	Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning	29
	Manual Language	32
	Nonverbal Communication	37
	Summary	50
	References	50
Ch. 3	Language and Cultural Meaning	52
	Foundations of Ethnolinguistics	53
	Lexical and Cultural Categories	57
	Cultural Presupposition	69
	Extended and Transferred Meaning	72
	Summary	82
	References	82
Ch. 4	Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication	84
	Ethnography of Communication	84
	Settings	87
	Participants	88
	Topics and Goals	98
	Speech Acts	101
	Routines	103
	Summary	110
	References	111
Ch. 5	Communicative Interactions	112
	Structural Properties of Conversation	112
	Conversational Postulates	118
	Directives	122
	Politeness	131
	Summary	143
	References	143
Ch. 6	Societal Segmentation and Linguistic Variation: Class and Race	145
	Social Stratification	145
	Caste	146
	Class	147
	Race	167
	Summary	181
	References	181
Ch. 7	Language and Gender: English and English Speakers	183
	Pronunciation	184
	Grammatical Variants	191
	Lexical Choices	196
	Gender-Related Conversational Styles	198
	Gender Bias in English	204
	Summary	212
	References	213
Ch. 8	Cross-Cultural Studies of Language and Gender	215
	Gender-Exclusive Patterns	215
	Linguistic and Stylistic Preferences	221
	Images of Gender in Linguistic Form	234
	Summary	239
	References	240
Ch. 9	Language Learning	242
	Acquisition of Language	243
	Complex Grammars	248
	Comparative Evidence	259
	Some Universal Sequences	266
	Instructional Strategies	268
	Summary	273
	References	273
Ch. 10	Acquisition of Communicative Competence	276
	Acquiring Communicative Styles	276
	Learning Status and Role	283
	Learning to Converse	292
	Summary	301
	References	301
Ch. 11	Multilingual Nations	303
	India	304
	Canada	311
	The United States	321
	Summary	338
	References	338
Ch. 12	Bilingual Communities	341
	Linguistic Change	342
	Language Use in Bilingual Communities	346
	Bilingual Conversational Strategies	352
	Interethnic Miscommunication	360
	Summary	365
	References	365
Ch. 13	Language and Institutional Encounters	367
	Language and Status	367
	Institutional Contexts	370
	Education	371
	Medical Encounters	375
	Legal Settings	380
	The Media	386
	Summary	389
	References	390
	Glossary	392
	Index	398

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