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Language, Culture, and Communication : The Meaning of Messages
ISBN: 9780135135686 | 0135135680
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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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.
For courses in Language and Culture, and Sociolinguistics Using data from cultures and languages throughout the world to highlight both similarities and... MORE
For courses in Language and Culture, and Sociolinguistics Using data from cultures and languages throughout the world to highlight both similarities and... MORE
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| References | p. 6 |
| The Form of the Message | p. 7 |
| Phonology: The Sounds of Language | p. 7 |
| Phonetics | p. 7 |
| Phonemic Analysis | p. 13 |
| Prosodic Features | p. 15 |
| Morphological: The Structure of Words | p. 17 |
| Morphological Analysis | p. 17 |
| Morphological Typologies | ... MORE |
| Grammatical Concepts | p. 20 |
| Syntax: The Structure of Sentences | p. 23 |
| Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning | p. 27 |
| Manual Language | p. 29 |
| Formation of Signs | p. 29 |
| ASL Vocabulary and Grammar | p. 31 |
| Nonverbal Communication | p. 34 |
| Nonverbal Actions | p. 34 |
| The Meaning of Silence | p. 39 |
| Summary | p. 41 |
| References | p. 41 |
| Language and Cultural Meaning | p. 43 |
| Foundations of Linguistic Anthropology | p. 44 |
| A Contemporary Comment | p. 47 |
| Reexamination of Linguistic Relativity | p. 48 |
| Lexical and Cultural Categories | p. 51 |
| Domains | p. 51 |
| Lexical Components | p. 52 |
| Lexical Classifications | p. 54 |
| Ethnoscience | p. 56 |
| Universal Processes: Color Terms | p. 57 |
| Focal Meaning and Prototypes | p. 59 |
| Concepts of Space and Location | p. 60 |
| Cultural Presupposition | p. 65 |
| Extended and Transferred Meaning | p. 68 |
| Metaphor and Metonymy | p. 68 |
| Metaphors of Kinship | p. 70 |
| Metaphors of the Body | p. 72 |
| Summary | p. 76 |
| References | p. 76 |
| Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication | p. 79 |
| Ethnography of Communication | p. 79 |
| Settings | p. 82 |
| Participants | p. 83 |
| Terms of Address | p. 84 |
| Pronouns | p. 86 |
| Kinship Terms | p. 88 |
| Honorifics | p. 89 |
| Topics and Goals | p. 92 |
| Speech Acts | p. 94 |
| Narratives | p. 96 |
| Routines | p. 106 |
| Greetings | p. 107 |
| Apologies | p. 109 |
| Summary | p. 111 |
| References | p. 112 |
| Communicative Interactions | p. 114 |
| Structural Properties of Conversation | p. 114 |
| Conversational Postulates | p. 119 |
| Directives | p. 122 |
| Directives and Responses in Context | p. 126 |
| Telephone Conversation | p. 127 |
| Politeness | p. 133 |
| Theories of Politeness | p. 133 |
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