| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 370 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts,
1879-8047 ;
Volume 6
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Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts ; Volume 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The influence of social, cultural, and natural factors on language structure: an overview / Rik De Busser -- On the logical necessity of cultural and cognitive connection for the origin of all the aspects of linguistic structure / Randy J. LaPolla -- The body, the universe, society and language: Germanic in the grip of the unknown / Kate Burridge -- When culture grammaticalizes: the pronomial system of Onya Darat / Uri Tadmor -- The cultural bases of linguistic form: the development of Nanti quotative evidentials / Lev Michael -- Societies of intimates and linguistic complexity / Peter Trudgill -- On the relation between linguistic and social factors in migrant language contact / Michael Clyne, Yvette Slaughter, John Hajek & Doris Schüpbach -- Topography in the language: absolute frame of reference and the topographic correspondence hypothesis / Bill Palmer -- Walk around the clock: the shaping of a (counter-)clockwise distinction in Siar directionals / Friedel Martin Frowein -- Types of spread zones: open and closed, horizontal and vertical / Johanna Nichols -- The role of adaptation in understanding linguistic diversity / Gary Lupyan & Rick Dale -- On becoming an object of study: legitimization in the discipline of linguistics / Cathering L. Easton & Tonya N. Stebbins. |
| Summary |
It is widely understood that the socio-historical contexts of languages have a direct bearing on their structures and on the types of stance that communities take in relation to them. Within the discipline of linguistics these socio-historical contexts and their impacts on communities' use and understanding of language are generally referred to as sociolinguistic factors. Meanwhile within descriptive linguistics the structure of language remains core. This is evidenced in the shape of university course design, structures of textbooks, and in how linguistic knowledge is recorded. In this paper we seek to map the relationship of the socio-historical context of linguistics to the languages that we study and in doing so, shift the focus so that the socio-historical context becomes central. Through this process the shape of the languages themselves is altered.We present a case study that compares linguistic and community perspectives on language boundaries in Milne Bay Provence, Papua New Guinea, and explore the processes through which the languages are created as objects and then become emblematic of culture and identity. We discuss the strong links that communities make between language, place and spirituality and consider the opportunities that these perspectives hold for language descriptions. Finally we consider how we, as linguists, can hold multiple perspectives on language and create culturally safe partnerships with communities that result in materials consistent with speakers' goals for their language. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Structural linguistics -- Social aspects.
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Structural linguistics. |
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Social aspects. |
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Structural linguistics -- Research.
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Research. |
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Intercultural communication -- Social aspects.
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Intercultural communication -- Social aspects. |
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Intercultural communication. |
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Sublanguage -- Social aspects.
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Sublanguage. |
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Language and culture -- Research.
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Language and culture -- Research. |
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Language and culture. |
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Language and culture -- Social aspects.
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Sociolinguistics -- Research.
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Sociolinguistics -- Research. |
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
De Busser, Rik, editor.
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LaPolla, Randy J., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Language structure and environment Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015] 9789027204097 (DLC) 2014049824 |
| ISBN |
9789027268730 (pdf) |
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9027268738 (pdf) |
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9789027204097 (hardback) (alkaline paper) |
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9027204098 |
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9789027204097 |
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