TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bonvillain,Nancy
TI  - Language, culture, and communication: the meaning of messages 
SN  - 9780205832095 (alk. paper)
AV  - P35 .B6 2011
U1  - 306.44 BON 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Language and culture
KW  - Communication
KW  - Linguistics
N1  - 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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