{"product_id":"a-companion-to-linguistic-anthropology-9781405144308","title":"A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Linguistic Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e provides a series of in-depth explorations of key concepts and approaches by some of the scholars whose work constitutes the theoretical and methodological foundations of the contemporary study of language as culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a definitive overview of the field of linguistic anthropology, comprised of original contributions by leading scholars in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSummarizes past and contemporary research across the field and is intended to spur students and scholars to pursue new paths in the coming decades\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a comprehensive bibliography of over 2000 entries designed as a resource for anyone seeking a guide to the literature of linguistic anthropology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The essays … display a vigorous subdisciplinary repertoire with much to offer the contemporary research university, and they show that a field is not necessarily humdrum for being useful.” (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"Duranti…has done more than anyone else in the past generation to establish linguistic anthropology as a scholarly field. ... Designed to be user-friendly …\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Linguistic Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e…is an impressive achievement, and will be of great value to its field and neighboring fields, for a long time to come. This \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e may be a culmination of Duranti’s considerable work to establish linguistic anthropology.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Sociolinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This hefty, immaculate volume inaugurates the innovative series of \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Companions to Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e, and does so with academic panache … Intelligible for readers with no previous knowledge of the field ... A resource of genuine utility in academic libraries with any interest in linguistics or anthropology.\u003ci\u003e”\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This volume brings together 31 scholars in the field of linguistic anthropology and is aimed at offering an overview of the discipline's key concepts and approaches.\" (\u003ci\u003ePragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Succeeds in doing exactly what it sets out to in a clear, concise and well-ordered fashion... a well thought out and comprehensive anthology that gives the reader a well-rounded introduction to linguistic anthropology... a must-have for any anthropologist's bookshelf.\" (\u003ci\u003eSocial Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSynopsis of Contents vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Speech Communities, Contact, and Variation 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Speech Community 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarcyliena Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Registers of Language 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAsif Agha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Language Contact and Contact Languages 46\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul B. Garrett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Codeswitching 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathryn A. Woolard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Diversity, Hierarchy, and Modernity in Pacific Island Communities 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNiko Besnier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Value of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds through North American Indian Languages 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarianne Mithun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Variation in Sign Languages 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara LeMaster and Leila Monaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Performing of Language 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Conversation as a Cultural Activity 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Keating and Maria Egbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Gesture 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn B. Haviland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Participation 222\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Goodwin and Marjorie Harness Goodwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatricia Baquedano-López\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Narrative Lessons 269\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElinor Ochs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Poetry 290\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGiorgio Banti and Francesco Giannattasio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song 321\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Feld, Aaron A. Fox, Thomas Porcello, and David Samuels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Achieving Subjectivities and Intersubjectivities through Language 347\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Language Socialization 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDon Kulick and Bambi B. Schieffelin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Language and Identity 369\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Bucholtz and Kira Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Misunderstanding 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Bailey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Language and Madness 414\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames M. Wilce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Language and Religion 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWebb Keane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Power in Language 449\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Agency in Language 451\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlessandro Duranti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Language and Social Inequality 474\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan U. Philips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Language Ideologies 496\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul V. 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