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Language, culture, and communication : the meaning of messages / Nancy Bonvillain.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Edition: Second editionDescription: ix, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0131924931
  • 9780131924932
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.44 20
LOC classification:
  • P35. B6 1997
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- References -- Ch. 2. The Form of the Message -- Phonology: The Sounds of Language -- Morphology: The Structure of Words -- Syntax: The Structure of Sentences -- Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning -- Manual Language -- Nonverbal Communication -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 3. Language and Cultural Meaning -- Foundations of Ethnolinguistics -- Lexical and Cultural Categories -- Cultural Presupposition -- Extended and Transferred Meaning -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 4. Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication -- Ethnography of Communication -- Settings -- Participants -- Topics and Goals -- Speech Acts -- Routines -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 5. Communicative Interactions -- Structural Properties of Conversation -- Conversational Postulates -- Directives -- Politeness -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 6. Societal Segmentation and Linguistic Variation: Class and Race -- Social Stratification -- Caste -- Class -- Race -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 7. Language and Gender: English and English Speakers -- Pronunciation -- Grammatical Variants -- Lexical Choices -- Gender-Related Conversational Styles -- Gender Bias in English -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 8. Cross-Cultural Studies of Language and Gender -- Gender-Exclusive Patterns -- Linguistic and Stylistic Preferences -- Images of Gender in Linguistic Form -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 9. Language Learning -- Acquisition of Language -- Complex Grammars -- Comparative Evidence -- Some Universal Sequences -- Instructional Strategies -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 10. Acquisition of Communicative Competence -- Acquiring Communicative Styles -- Learning Status and Role -- Learning to Converse -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 11. Multilingual Nations -- India -- Canada -- The United States -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 12. Bilingual Communities -- Linguistic Change -- Language Use in Bilingual Communities -- Bilingual Conversational Strategies -- Interethnic Miscommunication -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 13. Language and Institutional Encounters -- Language and Status -- Institutional Contexts -- Education -- Medical Encounters -- Legal Settings -- The Media -- Summary -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-358) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- References -- Ch. 2. The Form of the Message -- Phonology: The Sounds of Language -- Morphology: The Structure of Words -- Syntax: The Structure of Sentences -- Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning -- Manual Language -- Nonverbal Communication -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 3. Language and Cultural Meaning -- Foundations of Ethnolinguistics -- Lexical and Cultural Categories -- Cultural Presupposition -- Extended and Transferred Meaning -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 4. Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication -- Ethnography of Communication -- Settings -- Participants -- Topics and Goals -- Speech Acts -- Routines -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 5. Communicative Interactions -- Structural Properties of Conversation -- Conversational Postulates -- Directives -- Politeness -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 6. Societal Segmentation and Linguistic Variation: Class and Race -- Social Stratification -- Caste -- Class -- Race -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 7. Language and Gender: English and English Speakers -- Pronunciation -- Grammatical Variants -- Lexical Choices -- Gender-Related Conversational Styles -- Gender Bias in English -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 8. Cross-Cultural Studies of Language and Gender -- Gender-Exclusive Patterns -- Linguistic and Stylistic Preferences -- Images of Gender in Linguistic Form -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 9. Language Learning -- Acquisition of Language -- Complex Grammars -- Comparative Evidence -- Some Universal Sequences -- Instructional Strategies -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 10. Acquisition of Communicative Competence -- Acquiring Communicative Styles -- Learning Status and Role -- Learning to Converse -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 11. Multilingual Nations -- India -- Canada -- The United States -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 12. Bilingual Communities -- Linguistic Change -- Language Use in Bilingual Communities -- Bilingual Conversational Strategies -- Interethnic Miscommunication -- Summary -- References -- Ch. 13. Language and Institutional Encounters -- Language and Status -- Institutional Contexts -- Education -- Medical Encounters -- Legal Settings -- The Media -- Summary -- References -- Glossary -- Index.

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