Language, Culture, and Communication The Meaning of Messages

Name: Language, Culture, and Communication The Meaning of Messages
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ISBN: 9780135135686

ISBN-10: 0135135680

ISBN-13: 9780135135686

Edition: 5th 2008

Authors: Nancy Bonvillain

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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.

Book details

List price: $75.20
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


References



The Form of the Message


Phonology: The Sounds of Language


Phonetics


Phonemic Analysis


Prosodic Features


Morphological: The Structure of Words


Morphological Analysis


Morphological Typologies


Grammatical Concepts


Syntax: The Structure of Sentences


Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning


Manual Language


Formation of Signs


ASL Vocabulary and Grammar


Nonverbal Communication


Nonverbal Actions


The Meaning of Silence


Summary


References



Language and Cultural Meaning


Foundations of Linguistic Anthropology


A Contemporary Comment


Reexamination of Linguistic Relativity


Lexical and Cultural Categories


Domains


Lexical Components


Lexical Classifications


Ethnoscience


Universal Processes: Color Terms


Focal Meaning and Prototypes


Concepts of Space and Location


Cultural Presupposition


Extended and Transferred Meaning


Metaphor and Metonymy


Metaphors of Kinship


Metaphors of the Body


Summary


References



Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication


Ethnography of Communication


Settings


Participants


Terms of Address


Pronouns


Kinship Terms


Honorifics


Topics and Goals


Speech Acts


Narratives


Routines


Greetings


Apologies


Summary


References



Communicative Interactions


Structural Properties of Conversation


Conversational Postulates


Directives


Directives and Responses in Context


Telephone Conversation


Politeness


Theories of Politeness