Author : Alessandro Duranti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,83 MB
Release : 1997-09-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521449939
Alessandro Duranti introduces linguistic anthropology as an interdisciplinary field which studies language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice. The theories and methods of linguistic anthropology are introduced through a discussion of linguistic diversity, grammar in use, the role of speaking in social interaction, the organisation and meaning of conversational structures, and the notion of participation as a unit of analysis. Linguistic Anthropology will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students.