Living Language by Ahearn, Laura M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Series page Title page Copyright Dedication Figures Tables Preface Acknowledgments Part I Language: Some Basic Questions

1 The Socially Charged Life of Language

2 The Research Process in Linguistic Anthropology

3 Language Acquisition and Socialization

Language Acquisition and the Socialization Process Language Acquisition in Bilingual or Multilingual Contexts Language Socialization throughout the Lifespan Conclusion

4 Language, Thought, and Culture

A Hundred Years of Linguistic Relativity The Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis Investigating the Effects of Language on Thought Language-in-General Linguistic Structures Language Use Conclusion

Part II Communities of Speakers, Hearers, Readers, and Writers

5 Communities of Language Users

Defining “Speech Community” Recent Research Drawing on the Concept of Speech Community Alternatives to the Concept of Speech Community

6 Multilingualism and Globalization

Code-Switching, Code-Mixing, and Diglossia “Heteroglossia” and “Transidiomatic Practice”

7 Literacy Practices

8 Performance, Performativity, and the Constitution of Communities

Performance Defined in Opposition to Competence Performativity Performance as a Display of Verbal Artistry Ethnographies of Performance and Performativity

Part III Language, Power, and Social Differentiation

9 Language and Gender

10 Language, Race, and Ethnicity

Defining Race and Ethnicity The Rule-Governed Nature of African American English The Ebonics Controversy Racist Language and Racism in Language Language and Racial/Ethnic Identities Conclusion

11 Language Death and Revitalization

Enumerating the Crisis: How Many Dying Languages Are There? What Dies When a Language Dies? Why Do Languages Die? Can Endangered Languages Be Saved? Conclusion

12 Conclusion: Language, Power, and Agency

What is Power? Agency The Grammatical Encoding of Agency Talk About Agency: Meta-Agentive Discourse Power and Agency in/through/by/of Language

Notes References Index