Nurturing Language
Anthropological Linguistics in an African Context
1st Edition
Published on 7. November 2022
XXVI, 382 pages
978-3-11-072714-2 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph introduces students and scholars in linguistics, anthropology, and intercultural communication to anthropological linguistics, with a special focus on Africa. Among the topics addressed are semantic fields such as kinship or colour terminology, spatial orientation, linguistic relativity and the link between language and cognition, onomastics, the ethnography of communication, interactional sociolinguistics, emotions, (im)politeness strategies, conversation analysis, and non-verbal communication.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Publishing group
de Gruyter Mouton
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 s/w Tabellen, 50 farbige Abbildungen, 10 s/w Abbildungen
15 b/w and 51 col. ill., 29 b/w tbl.
File size
6,37 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-11-072714-2 (9783110727142)
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Person
Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, University of Cologne, Germany.
