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Learning How to Ask
A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research
Av Charles L. Briggs, Judith Irvine m. fl.
Häftad, 1986
720 kr
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Interviews are ubiquitous in modern society, and they play a crucial role in social scientific research. But, as Charles Briggs convincingly argues in this book, received interviewing techniques rest on fundamental misapprehensions about the nature both of the interview as a communicative event, …
Culture and Language Development
Language Acquisition and Language Socialization in a Samoan Village
Av Elinor Ochs, Judith Irvine m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
482 kr
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As children are learning to become competent members of their society, so also are they learning to become competent speakers of their language. In other words socialisation and language acquisition take place at the same time in a child's experience. In this book, Elinor Ochs explores the complex …
Literacy, Emotion and Authority
Reading and Writing on a Polynesian Atoll
Av Niko Besnier, Judith Irvine m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
653 kr
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Literacy continues to be a central issue in anthropology, but methods of perceiving and examining it have changed in recent years. In this 1995 study Niko Besnier analyses the transformation of Nukulaelae from a non-literate into a literate society using a contemporary perspective which emphasizes …
Grammatical Categories and Cognition
A Case Study of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis
Av John A. Lucy, Judith Irvine
Häftad, 1996
804 kr
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Grammatical Categories and Cognition uses original, empirical data to examine the Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language we speak affects the way we think about reality. The author compares the grammar of American English with that of …
Language and Social Relations
Av Asif Agha, Judith Irvine m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1312 kr
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Language is closely linked to our social relationships and is the medium through which we participate in a variety of social activities. This fascinating study explores the important role of language in various aspects of our social life, such as identity, gender relations, class, kinship, status, …
Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction
Socialization, Self and Syncretism in a Papua New Guinean Village
Häftad, 1997
972 kr
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Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction, first published in 1992, is a fascinating anthropological study of language and cultural change among the villagers of Gapun, in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Despite their strong attachment to their own language as a source of identity and as a tie …
Shifting Languages
Av J. Joseph Errington, Judith Irvine
Häftad, 1998
653 kr
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Indonesian is the national language of a vast, plural nation state, the world's fourth-largest country with a population of over 200 million. Although its use is growing rapidly, and is now spoken by nearly everyone over the age of six, it has almost relatively few native speakers. This remarkable …
Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture
Av Marcyliena Morgan, Judith Irvine
Inbunden, 2002
1089 kr
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African American language is central to the teaching of linguistics and language in the United States, and this book, in the series Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, is aimed specifically at upper level undergraduates and graduates. It covers the entire field - grammar, …
Ethnology
Av Regna Darnell, Judith Irvine
Inbunden, 1994
4626 kr
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Ethnology
Av Judith Irvine, Regna Darnell
E-bok, 2010
3850 kr
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The works of Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) continue to provide inspiration to all interested in the study of human language. Since most of his published works are relatively inaccessible, and valuable unpublished material has been found, the preparation of a complete edition of all his published and …
