33.2156, Books: The Integration of Language and Society: Aikhenvald, Dixon, Jarkey (eds.)

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:10:53
From: Tyler Simnick [Tyler.Simnick at oup.com]
Subject: The Integration of Language and Society: Aikhenvald, Dixon, Jarkey (eds.)

 


Title: The Integration of Language and Society 
Subtitle: A Cross-Linguistic Typology 
Series Title: Explorations in Linguistic Typology  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-integration-of-language-and-society-9780192845924?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Editor: Alexandra Y Aikhenvald
Editor: R.M.W. Dixon
Editor: Nerida Jarkey

Hardback: ISBN:  9780192845924 Pages: 408 Price: U.S. $ 115


Abstract:

The volume explores the integration of language and society as reflected in
the grammar of a language. Each language bears an imprint of the society that
speaks it; language reflects speakers' relationships with each other, their
beliefs, and their ways of viewing the world, as well as other aspects of
their social environment, their means of subsistence, and even geographical
features of the areas in which the language is spoken. The chapters in this
book draw on data from the languages of Australia and New Guinea (Dyirbal and
Idi), South America (Chamacoco, Ayoreo, Murui, and Tariana), Asia (Japanese,
Brokpa, and Dzongkha), and Africa (Iraqw) to examine the ways in which the
grammar of a language relates to societal practices. The volume begins with a
general introduction that summarizes the main issues relevant to how language
and societies are integrated, before later chapters explore specific points of
integration in a range of diverse languages, including honorifics, genders and
classifiers, possessives, evidentiality, comparatives, and demonstratives. The
findings advance our understanding of how non-linguistic traits have their
correlates in language, and how these change when society changes. The volume
will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of typology, cultural
and linguistic anthropology, and sociolinguistics and social sciences more
widely.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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