Language In Its Socio Cultural Context

Author : Markus Bieswanger,Heiko Motschenbacher,Susanne Muehleisen
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 3631592337

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Language in Its Socio-cultural Context by Markus Bieswanger,Heiko Motschenbacher,Susanne Muehleisen Pdf

It is one of the basic tenets in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology that language is not only situated in but also shaped by the social and cultural environment in which it is used. This volume seeks to explore the interface of society, culture and cognition in gendered, global and media uses of language in the 21st century. With its focus on topical developments in language use in contexts around the globe, this collection of twelve contributions by international scholars is attractive for scholars and students interested in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, applied linguistics, computer-mediated communication (CMC), language, culture and cognition, as well as discourse analysis.

Author : Teresa L. McCarty,Lucille J. Watahomigie,Bertha Perez,To thi Dien,Mar¡a E. Torres-Guzman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135630164

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Sociocultural Contexts of Language and Literacy by Teresa L. McCarty,Lucille J. Watahomigie,Bertha Perez,To thi Dien,Mar¡a E. Torres-Guzman Pdf

Nine American academics, educational consultants, and bilingual/bicultural program development specialists contribute 12 chapters in a research- and theory-based text about learning and teaching in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms. The second edition features updated research on multilingual and second-language literacy, and the int.

Author : Frederick J. Newmeyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biolinguistics
ISBN : 0521375835

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Language by Frederick J. Newmeyer Pdf

This survey aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to current research in all branches of the field of linguistics, from syntactic theory to ethnography of speaking, from signed language to the mental lexicon. This volume concentrates on sociolinguistics and allied fields.

Author : Mary Sanches,Ben G. Blount
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015002192907

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Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Use by Mary Sanches,Ben G. Blount Pdf

Presents detailed articles that shed light upon the ritual and social elements of verbal behavior.

Author : Marianna Di Paolo,Arthur K. Spears
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317916192

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Languages and Dialects in the U.S. by Marianna Di Paolo,Arthur K. Spears Pdf

Languages and Dialects in the U.S. is a concise introduction to linguistic diversity in the U.S. for students with little to no background in linguistics. The goal of the editors of this collection of fourteen chapters, written by leading experts on the language varieties discussed, is to offer students detailed insight into the languages they speak or hear around them, grounded in comprehensive coverage of the linguistic systems underpinning them. The book begins with "setting the stage" chapters, introducing the sociocultural context of the languages and dialects featured in the book. The remaining chapters are each devoted to particular U.S. dialects and varieties of American English, each with problem sets and suggested further readings to reinforce basic concepts and new linguistic terminology and to encourage further study of the languages and dialects covered. By presenting students with both the linguistic and social, cultural, and political foundations of these particular dialects and variations of English, Languages and Dialects in the U.S. is the ideal text for students interested in linguistic diversity in the U.S., in introductory courses in sociolinguistics, language and culture, and language variation and change.

Author : Gunter Senft,Jan-Ola Östman,Jef Verschueren
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027207791

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Culture and Language Use by Gunter Senft,Jan-Ola Östman,Jef Verschueren Pdf

The ten volumes of "Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights" focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While other volumes select philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, social, variational, interactional, or discursive angles, this second volume reviews basic topics and traditions that place language use in its cultural context. As emphasized in the introduction, and as revealed in the choice of articles, culture is by no means to be seen as standing in opposition to society and cognition; on the contrary, the notion cannot be understood without insight into the intricate interactions of social and cognitive structures and processes. In addition to the topical articles, a number of contributions to this volume is devoted to aspects of methodology. Others highlight the role of eminent scholars who have made the study of cultural dimensions of language use into what it is today."

Author : Rik De Busser,Randy J. LaPolla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Intercultural communication
ISBN : 9027204098

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Language Structure and Environment by Rik De Busser,Randy J. LaPolla Pdf

It is widely understood that the socio-historical contexts of languages have a direct bearing on their structures and on the types of stance that communities take in relation to them. Within the discipline of linguistics these socio-historical contexts and their impacts on communities' use and understanding of language are generally referred to as sociolinguistic factors. Meanwhile within descriptive linguistics the structure of language remains core. This is evidenced in the shape of university course design, structures of textbooks, and in how linguistic knowledge is recorded. In this paper we seek to map the relationship of the socio-historical context of linguistics to the languages that we study and in doing so, shift the focus so that the socio-historical context becomes central. Through this process the shape of the languages themselves is altered.We present a case study that compares linguistic and community perspectives on language boundaries in Milne Bay Provence, Papua New Guinea, and explore the processes through which the languages are created as objects and then become emblematic of culture and identity. We discuss the strong links that communities make between language, place and spirituality and consider the opportunities that these perspectives hold for language descriptions. Finally we consider how we, as linguists, can hold multiple perspectives on language and create culturally safe partnerships with communities that result in materials consistent with speakers' goals for their language.

Author : Heiko Motschenbacher
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027218681

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Language, Gender and Sexual Identity by Heiko Motschenbacher Pdf

This book makes an innovative contribution to the relatively young field of Queer Linguistics. Subscribing to a poststructuralist framework, it presents a critical, deconstructionist perspective on the discursive construction of heteronormativity and gender binarism from a linguistic point of view. On the one hand, the book provides an outline of Queer approaches to issues of language, gender and sexual identity that is of interest to students and scholars new to the field. On the other hand, the empirical analyses of language data represent material that also appeals to experts in the field. The book deals with repercussions of the discursive materialisation of heteronormativity and gender binarism in various kinds of linguistic data. These include stereotypical genderlects, structural linguistic gender categories (especially from a contrastive linguistic point of view), the discursive sedimentation of female and feminine generics, linguistic constructions of the gendered body in advertising and the usage of personal reference forms to create characters in Queer Cinema. Throughout the book, readers become aware of the wounding potential that gendered linguistic forms may possess in certain contexts.

Author : Frederick J. Newmeyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Linguistics
ISBN : LCCN:87018381

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Linguistics, the Cambridge Survey by Frederick J. Newmeyer Pdf

Author : Ben G. Blount,Mary Sanches
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483277653

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Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Change by Ben G. Blount,Mary Sanches Pdf

Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Change focuses on the influence of sociocultural terms on the forms of languages. The selection first underscores the sociocultural dimensions of language change and language evolution and speech style. Discussions focus on the relation of speech style and language evolution, linguistic evidence of language evolution, autonomy of code and style, language contact phenomena, and extension of the concept of language. The book then takes a look at speech and social prestige in the Belizian speech community; Japanese numeral classifiers; and speculations on the growth of ethnobotanical nomenclature. Topics include appearance of varietal names, differentiation and formation of specific names, six universal categories of ethnobotanical nomenclature, salience of speech, and prestige, social success, and language. The publication elaborates on color categorization in West Futunese; creolization and syntactic change in New Guinea Tok Pisin; relexification processes in Philippine Creole Spanish; and the historical and sociocultural aspects of the distribution of linguistic variants in highland Chiapas, Mexico. The selection is a valuable source of data for language experts and researchers interested in the sociocultural dimensions of language change.

Author : Svenja Völkel
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027287724

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Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language by Svenja Völkel Pdf

This interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between culture, language and cognition based on the aspects of social structure, space and possession in Tonga, Polynesia. Grounded on extensive field research, Völkel explores the subject from an anthropological as well as from a linguistic perspective. The book provides new insights into the language of respect, an honorific system which is deeply anchored in the societal hierarchy, spatial descriptions that are determined by socio-cultural and geocentric parameters, kinship terminology and possessive categories that perfectly express the system of social status inequalities among relatives. These examples impressively show that language is deeply anchored in its cultural context. Moreover, the linguistic structures reflect the underlying cognitive frame of its speakers. Just as several cultural practices (sitting order, access to land and gift exchange processes) the linguistic means are not only expressions of stratified social networks but also tools to maintain or negotiate the underlying socio-cultural system.

Author : Gerrit J. van Enk,Lourens de Vries
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195355635

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The Korowai of Irian Jaya by Gerrit J. van Enk,Lourens de Vries Pdf

Irian Jaya is the official name of the western half of New Guinea, a province of Indonesia since the 1960s. Its inhabitants are generally untouched by civilization, and most of their hundreds of native languages and cultures remain unstudied. Van Enk and de Vries gained access to one of the most isolated parts of Irian Jaya in order to study the Korowai, a tribe in southern Irian Jaya. The Korowai still use stone tools, live in tree-houses, and have no knowledge of the outside world. Van Enk and de Vries provide the first study of the Korowai language and culture. They reproduce oral texts that show patterns of grammar, discourse, and culture, and discuss the phonological, morphological, and syntactical aspects of the language. In the process, van Enk and de Vries reveal a number of key semantic fields and conceptual patterns such as kinship, counting, the role of lunar phases, and Korowai cosmology.

Author : Jae Jung Song
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134335893

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The Korean Language by Jae Jung Song Pdf

Suitable for students of all levels, this book provides a general description of the Korean language by highlighting important structural aspects whilst keeping technical details to a minimum. By examining the Korean language in its geographical, historical, social and cultural context the reader is able to gain a good understanding of its speakers and the environment in which it is used. The book covers a range of topics on Korean including its genetic affiliation, historical development, sound patterns, writing systems, vocabulary, grammar and discourse. The text is designed to be accessible, primarily to English-speaking learners of Korean and scholars working in disciplines other than linguistics, as well as serving as a useful introduction for general linguists. The book complements Korean language textbooks used in the classroom and will be welcomed not only by readers with a wider interest in Korean studies, but also by Asian specialists in general.

Author : Robbins Burling
Publisher : New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCSC:32106009052488

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Man's Many Voices by Robbins Burling Pdf

Covers many areas of sociolinguistics with examples from around the world, including Njamal kinship terminology (p.21-7) and Walbiri tyiliwiri secret language (p.154-6).

Author : Yanying Lu
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261779

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“Self” in Language, Culture, and Cognition by Yanying Lu Pdf

This book explores socio-cultural meanings of ‘self’ in the Chinese language through analysing a range of conversations among Chinese immigrants to Australia qualitatively on the topics of individuality, social relationships and collective identity. If language, culture and cognition are major roads, this book is the junction that unites them by arguing that selfhood occurs at their interface. It provides an interdisciplinary approach to unpack manifestations and perceptions of ‘self’ in the contemporary Chinese diaspora discourse from the perspectives of Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics and the newly developed Cultural Linguistics. This book not only discusses empirical and theoretical issues on the conceptualisation and communication of social identity in a cross-cultural context, it also reveals how traditional and modern ideas in Chinese culture are interacting with those of other world cultures. Considering the power of language, enduring and emerging beliefs and stances that permeate these speakers’ views on their social being and outlooks on life impart their significance in cross-cultural communication and pragmatics. As of January 2023, this e-book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched.