Language, Culture, and Communication The Meaning of Messages

Name: Language, Culture, and Communication The Meaning of Messages
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ISBN: 9780130979537

ISBN-10: 0130979538

ISBN-13: 9780130979537

Edition: 4th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Nancy Bonvillain

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For courses in Language and Culture, and Sociolinguistics Using data from cultures and languages throughout the world to highlight both similarities and differences in human languagesthis 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.

Book details

List price: $60.67
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/12/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 420
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




Introduction



The Form of the Message


Phonology: The Sounds of Language


Morphology: The Structure of Words


Syntax: The Structure of Sentences


Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning


Manual Language


Nonverbal Communication



Language and Cultural Meaning


Foundations of Linguistics Anthropology


Lexical and Cultural Categories


Cultural Presupposition


Extended and Transferred Meaning



Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication


Ethnography of Communication


Settings


Participants


Topics and Goals


Speech Acts


Narratives


Routines



Communicative Interactions


Structural Properties of Conversation


Conversational Postulates


Directives and Responses in Context


Politeness



Societal Segmentation and Linguistic Variation: Class and Race


Social Stratification


Caste


Class


Race



Language and Gender: English and English-Speakers


Pronunciation


Grammatical Variants


Choices of Vocabulary


Gender-Related Conversational Styles


Gender-Bias in English



Cross-Cultural Studies of Language and Gender


Gender-Exclusive Patterns


Linguistic and Stylistic Preferences


Images of Gender in Linguistic Form



Learning Language


Acquisition of Language


Complex Grammars


Comparative Evidence


Some Universal Sequences


Instructional Strategies in Other Cultures



The Acquisition of Communicative Competence


Acquiring Communicative Styles


Learning Status and Role


Learning to Converse



Multilingual Nations


India


Canada


United States



Bilingual Communities


Linguistic Change


Language Use in Bilingual Communities


The International Dominance of English


Bilingual Conversational Strategies


Interethnic Miscommunication



Language and Institutional Encounters


Language Ideologies


Language and Status


Institutional Contexts


Education


Medical Encounters


Legal Settings


The Media


Glossary


Index