Contents; Synopsis of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Speech Community; 2 Registers of Language; 3 Language Contact and Contact Languages; 4 Codeswitching; 5 Diversity, Hierarchy, and Modernity in Pacific Island Communities; 6 The Value of Linguistic Diversity: Viewing Other Worlds through North American Indian Languages; 7 Variation in Sign Languages; 8 Conversation as a Cultural Activity; 9 Gesture; 10 Participation; 11 Literacy Practices across Learning Contexts; 12 Narrative Lessons; 13 Poetry
14 Vocal Anthropology: From the Music of Language to the Language of Song15 Language Socialization; 16 Language and Identity; 17 Misunderstanding; 18 Language and Madness; 19 Language and Religion; 20 Agency in Language; 21 Language and Social Inequality; 22 Language Ideologies; General Bibliography; Index
Summary
This title provides a series of in-depth explorations of key concepts and approaches by some of the scholars whose work constitutes the theoretical and methodological foundations of the contemporary study of language as culture
