Description
Book SynopsisAnthropological linguistics is concerned with the place of language in its social and cultural context. This book provides a review of research questions which span the disciplines of linguinitics and anthropology, yet presents a biologically based view of this cross-disciplinary field.
Trade Review"Foley's book illustrates quite convincingly that 'Linguistics without anthropology is sterile, anthropology without linguistics is blind'(Hockett 1973: 675)"
Gunter Senft, Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics "I applaud Foley for having overcome one of the main constraints of structuralist - inspired approaches to analysis." Peter Muhlhausler, University of Adelaide
Table of ContentsPreface.
Part I: Introduction.
1. Introduction.
Part II: The Evolution of Language.
2. The Evolution of Language.
Part III: Universalism: Innate Constraints of Mind.
3. Mind, Universals and the Sensible World.
4. Structuralism.
5. Cognitive Anthropology.
6. Kinship.
7. Color.
Part IV: Relativism: Cultural and Linguistic Constraints on Mind.
8. On Relativist Understanding.
9. Models and Metaphors.
10. Linguistic Relativity and the Boasian Tradition.
11. Space.
12. Classifiers.
Part V: The Ethnography of Speaking.
13. Speaking as a Culturally Constructed Act: A Few Examples.
14. Politeness, Face and the Linguistic Construction of Personhood.
15. Language and Gender.
16. Language and Social Position.
17. Language and Socialisation.
18. Genre: Poetics, Ritual Languages and Verbal Art.
Part VI: Culture and Language Change.
19. Contact Induced Language Change.
20. Standard Language and Linguistic Engineering.
21. Literacy.
References.
Index.
