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Language vs. Reality
Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
Häftad, 2024
280 kr
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A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind’s greatest invention.Language is said to be humankind’s greatest accomplishment. But what is language actually good for? It performs poorly at representing …
Distributed Agency
Inbunden, 2017
2705 kr
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Distributed Agency presents an interdisciplinary inroad into the latest thinking about the distributed nature of agency: what it's like, what are its conditions of possibility, and what are its consequences. The book's 25 chapters are written by a wide range of scholars, from anthropology, biology, …
Distributed Agency
Av N. J. Enfield, Paul Kockelman
Häftad, 2017
940 kr
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Distributed Agency presents an interdisciplinary inroad into the latest thinking about the distributed nature of agency: what it's like, what are its conditions of possibility, and what are its consequences. The book's 25 chapters are written by a wide range of scholars, from anthropology, biology, …
Distributed Agency
Av Paul Kockelman, N. J. Enfield
E-bok, 2017
642 kr
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Distributed Agency presents an interdisciplinary inroad into the latest thinking about the distributed nature of agency: what it''s like, what are its conditions of possibility, and what are its consequences. The book''s 25 chapters are written by a wide range of scholars, from anthropology, …
Distributed Agency
Av Paul Kockelman, N. J. Enfield
E-bok, 2017
642 kr
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Distributed Agency presents an interdisciplinary inroad into the latest thinking about the distributed nature of agency: what it''s like, what are its conditions of possibility, and what are its consequences. The book''s 25 chapters are written by a wide range of scholars, from anthropology, …
Utility of Meaning
What Words Mean and Why
E-bok, 2014
1301 kr
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This book argues that the complex, anthropocentric, and often culture-specific meanings of words have been shaped directly by their history of ''utility'' for communication in social life. N. J. Enfield draws on semantic and pragmatic case studies from his extensive fieldwork in Laos to investigate …
The Utility of Meaning
What Words Mean and Why
Inbunden, 2014
2060 kr
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This book argues that the complex, anthropocentric, and often culture-specific meanings of words have been shaped directly by their history of 'utility' for communication in social life. N. J. Enfield draws on semantic and pragmatic case studies from his extensive fieldwork in Laos to investigate a …
Ethnosyntax
Explorations in Grammar and Culture
Inbunden, 2002
3635 kr
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This book provides a fresh and original approach to the 'ethnosyntax' concept - the proposition that the grammar of a language is intimately linked to the culture of its speakers. It focuses on three related questions: how far culture accounts for linguistic variation; how culture and grammar are …
Ethnosyntax
Explorations in Grammar and Culture
Av N. J. Enfield, N. J. Enfield m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
1133 kr
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This book provides a fresh and original approach to the 'ethnosyntax' concept - the proposition that the grammar of a language is intimately linked to the culture of its speakers. It focuses on three related questions: how far culture accounts for linguistic variation; how culture and grammar are …
Relationship Thinking
Agency, Enchrony, and Human Sociality
Inbunden, 2013
2019 kr
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In Relationship Thinking, N. J. Enfield outlines a framework for analyzing social interaction and its linguistic, cultural, and cognitive underpinnings by focusing on human relationships. This is a naturalistic approach to human sociality, grounded in the systematic study of real-time data from …
Relationship Thinking
Agency, Enchrony, and Human Sociality
E-bok, 2013
1448 kr
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In Relationship Thinking , N. J. Enfield outlines a framework for analyzing social interaction and its linguistic, cultural, and cognitive underpinnings by focusing on human relationships. This is a naturalistic approach to human sociality, grounded in the systematic study of real-time data from …
Language vs. Reality
Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
Inbunden, 2022
333 kr
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A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind’s greatest invention. Language is said to be humankind’s greatest accomplishment. But what is language actually good for? It performs poorly at …
Mainland Southeast Asian Languages
A Concise Typological Introduction
Häftad, 2018
491 kr
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This highly accessible introduction explores the core systems and subsystems of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia, applying the main concepts of language typology, phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, language variation, and language contact, to this diverse language area. …
The Concept of Action
Av N. J. Enfield, Jack Sidnell
Häftad, 2017
445 kr
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When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: 'requests', 'proposals', 'complaints', 'excuses'. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it is a spurious concept of action. In …
Mainland Southeast Asian Languages
A Concise Typological Introduction
Inbunden, 2018
1657 kr
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This highly accessible introduction explores the core systems and subsystems of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia, applying the main concepts of language typology, phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, language variation, and language contact, to this diverse language area. …
Person Reference in Interaction
Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives
Av N. J. Enfield, Tanya Stivers
Inbunden, 2007
1115 kr
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How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect how we know that person in context, and allow us to …
The Concept of Action
Av N. J. Enfield, Jack Sidnell
Inbunden, 2017
1378 kr
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When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: 'requests', 'proposals', 'complaints', 'excuses'. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it is a spurious concept of action. In …
The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology
Av N. J. Enfield, Paul Kockelman m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
878 kr
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The field of linguistic anthropology looks at human uniqueness and diversity through the lens of language, our species' special combination of art and instinct. Human language both shapes, and is shaped by, our minds, societies, and cultural worlds. This state-of-the-field survey covers a wide …
The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology
Av N. J. Enfield, Paul Kockelman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2566 kr
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The field of linguistic anthropology looks at human uniqueness and diversity through the lens of language, our species' special combination of art and instinct. Human language both shapes, and is shaped by, our minds, societies, and cultural worlds. This state-of-the-field survey covers a wide …
Person Reference in Interaction
Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives
Av N. J. Enfield, Tanya Stivers
Häftad, 2012
687 kr
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How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect how we know that person in context, and allow us to …
The Anatomy of Meaning
Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances
Häftad, 2012
586 kr
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How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena to create unified 'composite utterances'. In this book N. J. Enfield presents original case studies of speech-with-gesture based on …
Demonstratives in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Av Stephen C. Levinson, Sarah Cutfield m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2046 kr
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Demonstratives play a crucial role in the acquisition and use of language. Bringing together a team of leading scholars this detailed study, a first of its kind, explores meaning and use across fifteen typologically and geographically unrelated languages to find out what cross-linguistic …
Demonstratives in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Av Stephen C. Levinson, Sarah Cutfield m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
687 kr
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Demonstratives play a crucial role in the acquisition and use of language. Bringing together a team of leading scholars this detailed study, a first of its kind, explores meaning and use across fifteen typologically and geographically unrelated languages to find out what cross-linguistic …
The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia
Inbunden, 2021
2136 kr
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Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the most fascinating and complex cultural and linguistic areas in the world. This book provides a rich and comprehensive survey of the history and core systems and subsystems of the languages of this fascinating region. Drawing on his depth of expertise in mainland …
Concept of Action
Av Jack Sidnell, N. J. Enfield
E-bok, 2017
431 kr
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When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: ''requests'', ''proposals'', ''complaints'', ''excuses''. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it is a spurious concept of action. In …
Concept of Action
Av Jack Sidnell, N. J. Enfield
E-bok, 2017
426 kr
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When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: ''requests'', ''proposals'', ''complaints'', ''excuses''. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it is a spurious concept of action. In …
Mainland Southeast Asian Languages
A Concise Typological Introduction
E-bok, 2018
487 kr
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This highly accessible introduction explores the core systems and subsystems of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia, applying the main concepts of language typology, phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, language variation, and language contact, to this diverse language area. …
Mainland Southeast Asian Languages
A Concise Typological Introduction
E-bok, 2018
487 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This highly accessible introduction explores the core systems and subsystems of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia, applying the main concepts of language typology, phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, language variation, and language contact, to this diverse language area. …
The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia
Häftad, 2023
608 kr
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Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the most fascinating and complex cultural and linguistic areas in the world. This book provides a rich and comprehensive survey of the history and core systems and subsystems of the languages of this fascinating region. Drawing on his depth of expertise in mainland …
Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia
E-bok, 2021
437 kr
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Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the most fascinating and complex cultural and linguistic areas in the world. This book provides a rich and comprehensive survey of the history and core systems and subsystems of the languages of this fascinating region. Drawing on his depth of expertise in mainland …
