Language, culture, and communication : the meaning of messages / Nancy Bonvillain.
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TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2011.Edition: 6th edDescription: x, 401 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780205832095 (alk. paper)
- 0205832091 (alk. paper)
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- P35 .B6 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: The Form of the Message
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Manual Language
Nonverbal Communication
Chapter Three: Language and Cultural Meaning
Foundations of Linguistic Anthropology
Lexical and Cultural Categories
Cultural Presupposition
The Cultural Meaning of L I anguage Ideologies
Extended and Transferred Meaning
Chapter Four: Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication
Ethnography of Communication
Settings
Participants
Topics and Goals
Speech Acts
Narratives
Routines
Chapter Five: Communicative Interactions
Structural Properties of Conversation
Conversational Postulates
Directives
Telephone Conversation
Online Communication
Sign Language Communication
Politeness
Chapter Six: Learning Language
Acquisition of Language
Complex Grammars
Comparative Evidence
Some Universal Sequences
Instructional Strategies
Chapter Seven: The Acquisition of Communicate Competence
Acquiring Communicative Styles
Learning Status and Role
Learning Discourse
Chapter Eight: Societal Segmentation and Linguistic Variation: Class and Race
Social Stratification
Stratification and Language Ideologies
Caste
Class
Race
Chapter Nine: Language and Gender
Pronunciation
Grammatical Variants
Choices of Vocabulary
Conversational Styles
Images of Gender in Linguistic Form
Chapter Ten: Multilingual Nations
Language Ideologies in Multilingual Nations
India
Canada
The United States
Chapter Eleven: Bilingual Communities
Linguistic Change
Language Use in Bilingual Communities
Bilingual Conversational Strategies
Interethnic Miscommunication
Chapter Twelve: Language and Institutional Encounters
Language Ideologies in Institutional Contexts
Language and Status
Institutional Contexts
Education
Medical Encounters
Legal Settings
The Media
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