Language, Culture, and Society: A Book of Readings / Edition 2

by Blount, Ben G. Blount, Ben G.

Overview

Twenty-four articles representing a diversity of interests and approaches have been brought together in this collection intended to define and develop topics of central interest to language, culture, and society. Opening pieces include enduring, classic writings by Boas, Sapir, Whorf, Mead, and others, giving the volume an important historical orientation. These contributions form the groundwork for the wide sampling of more recent and contemporary works that follows. The selections chosen for Language, Culture, and Society reflect several major themes within the field: language in relation to thought and cognition; language in relation to the cultural partitioning of the environment; language in relation to self-as-social; language in relation to social differentiation; and language in relation to its emergence as a sociocultural phenomenon. The editor�s helpful introductions point out significant ideas and trace the development of the twenty-four contributions that form a diverse, well-balanced, and up-to-date volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881338508
Publisher:	Waveland Press, Inc.
Publication date:	05/04/1995
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	616
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 1.30(d)