Living Language An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

• Main Author: Ahearn, Laura M
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2011; Wiley-Blackwell
• Edition: 1
• Series: Primers in anthropology
• Subjects: Anthropological linguistics; Anthropology; Children; Cultural anthropology; Globalization; Language and culture; Language arts; Language death; Linguistics; Literacy; Multilingualism; Native language acquisition; Social sciences; Socialization; Theoretical linguistics
• ISBN: 9781405124416; 1405124415; 1444340565; 9781444340563; 9781444340532; 1444340530
• DOI: 10.1002/9781444340563

Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology is a clear and accessible exploration of the prominent theoretical issues in linguistic anthropology and a student-friendly introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world. Combining classic studies on language in social contexts and cutting-edge, contemporary scholarship, Ahearn provides a unifying synthesis of research in linguistic anthropology and looks towards future research in the field. Treating language as inextricably intertwined with culture and social relations Living Language combines theory with examples of contemporary language use to explore the way in which language creates, maintains, challenges, and reconfigures social hierarchies. Chapter topics include gender, race, and ethnicity, language acquisition and socialization, performance, literacy practices, multilingualism, and globalization. Laura Ahearn introduces the fascinating field of linguistic anthropology as well as underlining the value of an ethnographically grounded approach to the study of language.