Short description:

Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Over seven editions, many have turned to Language, Culture, and Society for answers to questions like these because of its comprehensive coverage of all aspects of linguistic anthropology.

Long description:

Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Over seven editions, many have turned to Language, Culture, and Society for answers to questions like these because of its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology. This eighth edition carries on the legacy while addressing some of the newer, pressing, and exciting challenges of the twenty-first century, such as issues of language and power, language ideology, linguistic diasporas, as well as online and digital ecosystems. New to this edition are a reconceptualization of how linguistics approaches race, gender, and sexuality, with additional chapters and sections on how linguistics benefits archaeology and biological anthropology, as well as considerations of the relationship between language and truth, ethics, and war and politics. It also features enhanced and updated pedagogical features, such as learning objectives, updated resources for continued learning, and cross-references to updated encyclopedias of linguistic anthropology.

"Language, Culture, and Society provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamental subfields of linguistic anthropology. The rich variety of examples presented from languages spoken all over the globe allows students to enter the world of working linguistic anthropologists."?Marilyn S. Manley, Rowan University

"A major introduction and overview to the (reborn) field of linguistic anthropology. The book is systematic and very accessible. It covers most of what is relevant in the field, for which it certainly is to be highly recommended."?Applied Linguistics

"This is exactly what an introduction to linguistic anthropology should be. Touching on all the major components of the field, this accessible text demonstrates what the systematic study of language can tell us about human culture, history, and cognition.??Caleb Everett, University of Miami

"This new edition is not a simple revision, but a re-visioning of introductory linguistic anthropology. Stanlaw and Adachi begin with basic linguistic concepts and take the reader through contemporary problems in linguistic anthropology... using examples from classic and recent research. This book is accessible to any college student interested in linguistic anthropology.??Douglas W. Hume, Northern Kentucky University

Table of Contents:

1. Introducing Linguistic Anthropology, 2. Methods of Linguistic Anthropology, 3. The ?Nuts and Bolts? of Linguistic Anthropology I: Language is Sound, 4. The ?Nuts and Bolts? of Linguistic Anthropology II: Structure of Words and Sentences, 5. Communicating Nonverbally, 6. Language and Evolution, 7. Acquiring and Using Language(s): Life with First Languages, Second Languages, and More, 8. Language Through Time, 9. Linguistics for Archaeologists, 10. Languages in Variation and Languages in Contact, 11. Culture as Cognition, Culture as Categorization: Meaning and Language in the Conceptual World, 12. Language, Culture, and Thought, 13. Language, Identity, and Ideology I: Variations in Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality, 14. Language, Identity, and Ideology II: Variations in Gender, 15. The Linguistic Anthropology in a Globalized and Digitalized World