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A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology 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. Provides a definitive overview of the field of linguistic anthropology, comprised of original contributions by leading scholars in the field Summarizes past and contemporary research across the field and is intended to spur students and scholars to pursue new paths in the coming decades Includes a comprehensive bibliography of over 2000 entries designed as a resource for anyone seeking a guide to the literature of linguistic anthropology
Synopsis of Contents vii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Notes on Contributors xvi Part I: Speech Communities, Contact, and Variation 1 1 Speech Community 3 Marcyliena Morgan 2 Registers of Language 23 Asif Agha 3 Language Contact and Contact Languages 46 Paul B. Garrett 4 Codeswitching 73 Kathryn A. Woolard 5 Diversity, Hierarchy, and Modernity in Pacific Island Communities 95 Niko Besnier 6 The Value of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds through North American Indian Languages 121 Marianne Mithun 7 Variation in Sign Languages 141 Barbara LeMaster and Leila Monaghan Part II: The Performing of Language 167 8 Conversation as a Cultural Activity 169 Elizabeth Keating and Maria Egbert 9 Gesture 197 John B. Haviland 10 Participation 222 Charles Goodwin and Marjorie Harness Goodwin 11 Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts 245 Patricia Baquedano-López 12 Narrative Lessons 269 Elinor Ochs 13 Poetry 290 Giorgio Banti and Francesco Giannattasio 14 Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song 321 Steven Feld, Aaron A. Fox, Thomas Porcello, and David Samuels Part III: Achieving Subjectivities and Intersubjectivities through Language 347 15 Language Socialization 349 Don Kulick and Bambi B. Schieffelin 16 Language and Identity 369 Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall 17 Misunderstanding 395 Benjamin Bailey 18 Language and Madness 414 James M. Wilce 19 Language and Religion 431 Webb Keane Part IV: The Power in Language 449 20 Agency in Language 451 Alessandro Duranti 21 Language and Social Inequality 474 Susan U. Philips 22 Language Ideologies 496 Paul V. Kroskrity General Bibliography 518 Index 606
