Language, culture and society: an introduction to linguistic anthropology

5th ed. — Westview Press, 2012. — 448 p.For four previous editions, professor have turned to Zdenek Salzmann’s Language, Culture, and Society for its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology, as well as for its reputation as a pedagogically sound, student-friendly text. New coauthors James Stanlaw and Nobuko Adachi join Salzmann in revising this classic text. With extensive updates and expanded discussions of fundamental issues, the fifth edition continues to be the essential teaching text for the introductory linguistic anthropology course.The fifth edition of Language, Culture, and Society features:Three new chapters on language and thought, language and ideology, and language in a globalized world, as well as expanded consideration of the role of linguistics as a key subfield of anthropology.An updated built-in resource manual and study guide for students and instructors.Sidebars and boxes throughout to provide ethnographic detail, enhance student comprehension, and illustrate the practical experience of conducting linguistic research.End-of-chapter summary and conclusion sections and a glossary for easy review, as well as an updated bibliography for further research.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroducing Linguistic AnthropologyWhy Should We Study Language? Language in Daily LifeModern Myths Concerning LanguagesBrief History of AnthropologyAnthropology, Linguistics, and Linguistic AnthropologySummary and ConclusionsMethods of Linguistic AnthropologyContrasting Linguistics with Linguistic AnthropologyThe Fieldwork ComponentA Checklist for Research in the FieldSummary and ConclusionsLanguage Is Sound: PhonologyThe Anatomy and Physiology of SpeechArticulation of Speech SoundsFrom Phones to PhonemesPhonemes of EnglishProsodic FeaturesEtics and EmicsSummary and ConclusionsStructure of Words and SentencesMorphemes and AllomorphsMorphological ProcessesMorphophonemicsThe Sentence as a Unit of AnalysisInflections and Word OrderChomsky and Transformational-Generative GrammarSummary and ConclusionsNonverbal CommunicationParalinguisticsKinesicsProxemicsWhistle LanguagesSign LanguagesSummary and ConclusionsThe Development and Evolution of LanguageCommunication and Its ChannelsCommunication Among Social InsectsCommunication Among Nonhuman Primates and Other VertebratesWhen Does a Communication System Become Language?Milestones in Human EvolutionDesign Features of LanguageLanguage as an Evolutionary ProductMonogenesis Versus PolygenesisEstimating the Age of Language: Linguistic ConsiderationsEstimating the Age of Language: The View from PrehistoryEstimating the Age of Language: Evidence from AnatomySummary and ConclusionsAcquiring Language(s): Life with First Languages, Second Languages, and MoreThe First Steps of Language Acquisition in ChildhoodTheories of Language AcquisitionLanguage and the BrainBilingual and Multilingual BrainsThe Social Aspects of MultilingualismCode-Switching, Code-Mixing, and DiglossiaSummary and ConclusionsLanguage Through TimeHow Languages Are ClassifiedInternal and External ChangesHow and Why Sound Changes OccurReconstructing ProtolanguagesReconstructing the Ancestral HomelandReconstructing a ProtocultureTrying to Date the Past: GlottochronologyTime Perspective in CultureSummary and ConclusionsLanguages in Variation and Languages in ContactIdiolectsDialectsStylesLanguage ContactPidginsFrom Pidgins to CreolesLanguage Contact in the Contemporary WorldThe World of LanguagesSummary and ConclusionsEthnography of CommunicationSpeech Community and Related ConceptsUnits of Speech BehaviorComponents of CommunicationSubanun Drinking TalkAttitudes Toward the Use of SpeechRecent Trends in the Ethnography of SpeakingSummary and ConclusionsCulture as Cognition, Culture as Categorization: Meaning and Language in the Conceptual WorldConcepts, Words, and CategoriesThe Lexical Nature of ConceptsThe Rise and (Relative) Fall of EthnoscienceSound Symbolism and SynesthesiaStudies of DiscourseSummary and ConclusionsLanguage, Culture, and ThoughtThe Stimulus of Sapir’s WritingsThe Whorf Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic DeterminismWhorf ’s Hypothesis ReconsideredColor Nomenclature and Other Challenges to Linguistic RelativityTheoretical Alternatives to Linguistic RelativityFuture Tests of Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic DeterminismSummary and ConclusionsLanguage and Ideology: Variations in Class, Gender, Ethnicity, and NationalityLanguage, Social Class, and IdentityLanguage and GenderLanguage, Race, and EthnicityLanguage and NationalitySummary and ConclusionsLinguistic Anthropology in a Globalized WorldLanguage PlanningLiteracy, Writing, and EducationThe Life and Death of LanguagesIntercultural Communication and TranslationLanguage and the LawEnglish as an International LanguageAlways On: New Literacies and Language in an Online Global WorldEthical Questions and Standards of ConductSummary and ConclusionsResource Manual and Study GuideAnswers to the Objective Study Questions and ProblemsGlossaryBibliographyLanguages Mentioned in the Text and Their Locations (Map)