Social Anthropology and Language

Social Anthropology and Language
ISBN-10
1136539417
ISBN-13
9781136539411
Category
Social Science
Pages
424
Language
English
Published
2013-10-08
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Edwin Ardener

Description

Providing a critical framework for the consideration of the relationship between modern social anthropology and linguistics, this volume covers topics such as classification, symbolism, and structuralism. The relevance of the works of Saussure, Lévi-Strauss and Chomsky is considered. There are two case-studies: the first outlines a 'social history' of the succession of pidgins that are documented on the West African coast, ending with Pidgin English. The second analyzes the status of three language varieties used in a 'trilingual' community in the Carnian Alps. Originally published in 1971.

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