Anthropological Linguistics: an Introduction
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publish date: 08/01/1997
Description:
This book starts from a theoretical viewpoint of both language and culture as conventionalized forms of situated practice. It uses this unifying framework to cover the full range of topics normally treated under the rubric of language and culture. The book focuses on the tension between innatist or universalist versus relativist approaches to anthropological linguistic phenomena; various topics like kinship, color, classifiers, or the effects of literacy are discussed from these contrasting viewpoints to provide a richer understanding of their implications.
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