Living Language 2E P - Couverture souple

Ahearn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1119060605 ISBN 13 : 9781119060604

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Synopsis

Revised and updated, the 2nd Edition of Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology presents an accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world through the contemporary theory and practice of linguistic anthropology.

• Presents a highly accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world
• Combines classic studies on language and cutting-edge contemporary scholarship and assumes no prior knowledge in linguistics or anthropology
• Features a series of updates and revisions for this new edition, including an all-new chapter on forms of nonverbal language
• Provides a unifying synthesis of current research and considers future directions for the field

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Laura M. Ahearn is an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow serving as a Senior Learning Advisor in the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance. She is the author of Invitations to Love: Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal (2001) and is the Series Editor Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1119060605
• ISBN 13: 9781119060604
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 394
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible