Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-1-4051-2633-5
Hardcover
536 pages
May 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Now revised and updated, this interdisciplinary and comprehensive collection brings together the best work in the rapidly growing field of linguistic anthropology
- Incorporates new material including articles on speech communities, the power and performance of language, and narratives
- Selections are both historically oriented and thematically coherent, and are accessibly grouped according to four major themes: speech community and communicative competence; the performance of language; language socialization and literacy practices; and the power of language
- An extensive introduction provides an original perspective on the development of the field and highlights its most compelling issues
- Each section includes a brief introductory statement, sets of guiding questions, and list of recommended readings on the main topics
