Description: Further DetailsTitle: Language, Culture, and CommunicationCondition: NewEAN: 9781538114803ISBN: 9781538114803Edition: Eighth EditionPublisher: Rowman & LittlefieldFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/20/2019Item Height: 256mmItem Length: 177mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 758gAuthor: Nancy BonvillainLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Meaning of MessagesISBN-10: 1538114801Description: Language, Culture and Communication, Eight Edition, introduces students to the topics and theories of the board field of linguistic anthropology by examining the multifaceted meanings and uses of language. It emphasizes the ways in which language encapsulates speakers' meanings and intentions. Through language structure and language use, speakers convey messages about their own identities, their understandings of the world and their place in it. The book includes discussion of cultural and symbolic meanings conveyed by language and the social and political dimensions of language use. By using data, this book documents both similarities and differences in human language. New to this Edition:Introduction of the theme of intersectionalities, and the theme of discourse and texts Chapter 3: expansion of discussion on the re-examination of linguistic relativity.Chapter 5: expansion of discussion of how social stratification and racial differences can influence the way politeness is interpreted and the contextual expression of politeness.Chapter 6: oNew section on digital telephone technologies and innovative literacy practices using cell phones. oNew section on use of social media platforms with national and international statistics and practices.oExpansion of Deaf communities and controversy over cochlear implants. Chapter 8: New section on the inclusions and exclusions of Moroccan immigrant children in Spain through communicative interactions and norms. Chapter 9: oExpansion of section on race.oNew section on the covert expression of racist meanings. Chapter 10: oNew section on gendered speech in Lakhota oNew section on men's and women's speech in Yanyuwa, Australia oNew section on conversational style and the gendering of work places oNew section on language and sexuality Chapter 11:oUpdates on the distribution of languages worldwideoNew section on the development of the "American standard." Chapter 12: oExpansion of discussion of language and nation building.oExpansion of discussion of language shift and language revitalization programs. Chapter 13: expansion of social ideologies and prejudices expressed in public media.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Language, Culture, and Communication
Title: Language, Culture, and Communication
EAN: 9781538114803
ISBN: 9781538114803
Edition: Eighth Edition
Release Date: 03/20/2019
Release Year: 2019
Subtitle: The Meaning of Messages
ISBN-10: 1538114801
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Language, Culture, and Communication : the Meaning of Messages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Communication Studies, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Linguistics / General
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 26.8 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Nancy Bonvillain
Subject Area: Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
