The Integration of Language and Society - A Cross-Linguistic Typology (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Explorations in Linguistic Typology
Release date:	November 2021
Editors:	Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research) • R. M. W. Dixon (Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research) • Nerida Jarkey (Honorary Associate Professor in Japanese Studies)
Dimensions:	241 x 163 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	408
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-284592-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-19-284592-6
Barcode:	9780192845924

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