Monetary Exchange as an Extra-Linguistic Social Communication
... saleable objects have two sources of demand: i.e., the monetay and non-monetary demand. Although the monetary demand for the good may eventually completely eliminate its non-monetary demand, Menger's theory makes it clear that any usable money, including fiat paper money, must have once been linked ...
... saleable objects have two sources of demand: i.e., the monetay and non-monetary demand. Although the monetary demand for the good may eventually completely eliminate its non-monetary demand, Menger's theory makes it clear that any usable money, including fiat paper money, must have once been linked ...
“Code Switching” in Sociocultural Linguistics
... It is peculiarly important that linguists, who are often accused, and accused justly, of failure to look beyond the pretty patterns of their subject matter, should become aware of what their science may mean for the interpretation of human conduct in general. Whether they like it or not, they must b ...
... It is peculiarly important that linguists, who are often accused, and accused justly, of failure to look beyond the pretty patterns of their subject matter, should become aware of what their science may mean for the interpretation of human conduct in general. Whether they like it or not, they must b ...
Linguistic Anthropology in 2013: Super-New-Big AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST Angela Reyes Linguistic Anthropology
... et al. 2013), which examines how neoliberal economic practices affect migrants in the workplace and other institutional contexts. In addition, studies in Canada (Heller 2013b), Corsica (Jaffe and Oliva 2013), and South Korea (Park 2013) critique capitalist discourses that commodify diversity and mul ...
... et al. 2013), which examines how neoliberal economic practices affect migrants in the workplace and other institutional contexts. In addition, studies in Canada (Heller 2013b), Corsica (Jaffe and Oliva 2013), and South Korea (Park 2013) critique capitalist discourses that commodify diversity and mul ...
Tailoring language provision and requirements
... make greater efforts to enable all migrant workers […] to learn the language of the reception country” [Resolution (68)18] and “to develop their mother tongues both as educational and cultural instruments and in order to maintain and improve their links with their culture of origin [Recommendation R ...
... make greater efforts to enable all migrant workers […] to learn the language of the reception country” [Resolution (68)18] and “to develop their mother tongues both as educational and cultural instruments and in order to maintain and improve their links with their culture of origin [Recommendation R ...
4. Third scenario: Sexual selection and a run
... conditions primates (i.e., apes near to the hominid line of evolution) can learn quasilinguistic skills, which correspond roughly to the competence of a two-year-old child. Still, it is evident that a specific endowment for language is given to all humans independent from other physical differences, ...
... conditions primates (i.e., apes near to the hominid line of evolution) can learn quasilinguistic skills, which correspond roughly to the competence of a two-year-old child. Still, it is evident that a specific endowment for language is given to all humans independent from other physical differences, ...
Cultural Aspects of Japanese Family Address Terms as Part of
... ‘My younger brother is a high school student, and my younger sister is a middle school student.’ It is obvious that the speakers in the above answers should have used the humble address terms rather than the honorific ones. The sources of such learner errors can be traced to cross-linguistic and cro ...
... ‘My younger brother is a high school student, and my younger sister is a middle school student.’ It is obvious that the speakers in the above answers should have used the humble address terms rather than the honorific ones. The sources of such learner errors can be traced to cross-linguistic and cro ...
122 Intercultural citizenship and foreign language education
... Not following the rules is certainly an option, but it will inspire doubt and mistrust in our interlocutor, and further dialogue is unlikely. Learners who know these rules – which native speakers would not be able to formulate – can decide whether they follow them or not. In a simple case such as ‘w ...
... Not following the rules is certainly an option, but it will inspire doubt and mistrust in our interlocutor, and further dialogue is unlikely. Learners who know these rules – which native speakers would not be able to formulate – can decide whether they follow them or not. In a simple case such as ‘w ...
New Paths in the Linguistic Anthropology of Oceania
... Moreover, such studies challenge anthropologists to think critically of their own presuppositions about social reality and ethnographic enterprises. For example, Robbins & Rumsey (2008, p. 408) have recently noted that one assertion often heard in Oceanic discourse—that one cannot know other people’ ...
... Moreover, such studies challenge anthropologists to think critically of their own presuppositions about social reality and ethnographic enterprises. For example, Robbins & Rumsey (2008, p. 408) have recently noted that one assertion often heard in Oceanic discourse—that one cannot know other people’ ...
Exploring reality through new lenses
... and the object of the text (the “referent”) ((Berge 2003). This is due to perspectives over the last decades concerning the social function of language, as formulated in the so called systemic-functional grammar, where language (similar to, and interacting with other sign systems) performs semiotic ...
... and the object of the text (the “referent”) ((Berge 2003). This is due to perspectives over the last decades concerning the social function of language, as formulated in the so called systemic-functional grammar, where language (similar to, and interacting with other sign systems) performs semiotic ...
Language Shift in an `Importing Culture` - Anthropology
... language] we are nothing’ (Rindstedt and Aronsson 2002: 724–5). At the same time, however, the authors report that they would never have guessed this if all they had to consider were community linguistic practices, which included near universal bilingualism and thorough-going Hispanicization of Quic ...
... language] we are nothing’ (Rindstedt and Aronsson 2002: 724–5). At the same time, however, the authors report that they would never have guessed this if all they had to consider were community linguistic practices, which included near universal bilingualism and thorough-going Hispanicization of Quic ...
Linguistic anthropology: Language as a non
... experiences encourages speakers to categorize those referents as the same or as experientially related to one another. As suggested by Lucy (1992a, 1996), a superficial reading of Whorf’s writings could easily lead to questionable generalizations based on flawed logic or defective methods. Some of t ...
... experiences encourages speakers to categorize those referents as the same or as experientially related to one another. As suggested by Lucy (1992a, 1996), a superficial reading of Whorf’s writings could easily lead to questionable generalizations based on flawed logic or defective methods. Some of t ...
the sociological repudiation of völkerpsychologie
... listened to and understood. The functioning of language in society is now determined by the interplay between psychological and linguistic laws, with “social” limited to the factors that are common to all individuals involved (Bezlepkin, 2002, p. 125). As Grigorii Vinokur (1925, p. 14) noted, when S ...
... listened to and understood. The functioning of language in society is now determined by the interplay between psychological and linguistic laws, with “social” limited to the factors that are common to all individuals involved (Bezlepkin, 2002, p. 125). As Grigorii Vinokur (1925, p. 14) noted, when S ...
chapter two - UM Students` Repository
... (high), and the vernacular or popular variety of the language is termed L (low). Later, Ferguson (1964) called H the ‘superposed’ variety, meaning that “the variety in question is not the primary, ‘native’ variety for the speakers in question but may be learned in addition to this”. It is assumed t ...
... (high), and the vernacular or popular variety of the language is termed L (low). Later, Ferguson (1964) called H the ‘superposed’ variety, meaning that “the variety in question is not the primary, ‘native’ variety for the speakers in question but may be learned in addition to this”. It is assumed t ...
Learn to write badly - Loughborough University Institutional Repository
... They can then write in highly unpopulated ways, creating fictional worlds in which their theoretical things, rather than actual people, appear as the major actors. The problem is that, as linguists have shown, using nouns and passive sentences is a way to convey less, not more, information about hum ...
... They can then write in highly unpopulated ways, creating fictional worlds in which their theoretical things, rather than actual people, appear as the major actors. The problem is that, as linguists have shown, using nouns and passive sentences is a way to convey less, not more, information about hum ...
11 HOW LANGUAGE REALIZES THE WORK OF SCIENCE
... distinguished from each other and classified with a precision and taxonomic care having little to do with our everyday fuzzy naming of the objects of domestic life. Moreover, this specialized language of science seems constantly filled with evidence, numbers, observations, pictures, to ensure that t ...
... distinguished from each other and classified with a precision and taxonomic care having little to do with our everyday fuzzy naming of the objects of domestic life. Moreover, this specialized language of science seems constantly filled with evidence, numbers, observations, pictures, to ensure that t ...
achievement values, cognitive style and social class
... fosters industrialization and economic development. This set of values is characterized by a high need for achievement, a willingness to forego kinship ties, and optimism about being able to affect the future by use of one's ability. This study investigated differences in these values between two so ...
... fosters industrialization and economic development. This set of values is characterized by a high need for achievement, a willingness to forego kinship ties, and optimism about being able to affect the future by use of one's ability. This study investigated differences in these values between two so ...
Sociocultural Perspectives on Foreign Language Learning
... that their motives are socially and historically constructed, for example some learners wish to acquire a second language as much as possible while others may acquire it just to meet certain purposes. She also highlighted the fact that the use value they ascribe to language arises from the contact w ...
... that their motives are socially and historically constructed, for example some learners wish to acquire a second language as much as possible while others may acquire it just to meet certain purposes. She also highlighted the fact that the use value they ascribe to language arises from the contact w ...
the relation between language and other areas of
... This definition makes emphasis in the task or work that needs to be done in order to find something new in relation to existing knowledge. Therefore, it is possible to argue that the basis for any research has to do with what already exist in the different areas of knowledge. Pure investigation can ...
... This definition makes emphasis in the task or work that needs to be done in order to find something new in relation to existing knowledge. Therefore, it is possible to argue that the basis for any research has to do with what already exist in the different areas of knowledge. Pure investigation can ...
Children`s games as local semiotic play: An ethnographic account.
... Masibulele was in the 'strong group' in her streamed classroom and was often sent to assist children in the two 'weak groups': they contained around half the children; those who were just not 'getting it' when it came to the ‘basics’ of reading and who exasperated their teacher. Masibulele played d ...
... Masibulele was in the 'strong group' in her streamed classroom and was often sent to assist children in the two 'weak groups': they contained around half the children; those who were just not 'getting it' when it came to the ‘basics’ of reading and who exasperated their teacher. Masibulele played d ...
All of the Above: New Coalitions in Sociocultural Linguistics
... poststructuralist theories of discourse). While scholars have long combined these commitments in their concern to document and analyze the sociocultural context of language use in as much rich detail as possible, from the macrolevel social structures shaping language use to local community structure ...
... poststructuralist theories of discourse). While scholars have long combined these commitments in their concern to document and analyze the sociocultural context of language use in as much rich detail as possible, from the macrolevel social structures shaping language use to local community structure ...
Shall We Talk? Conversing with Humans and Robots
... Since the late nineteenth century, linguistic discussions of “language” have overwhelmingly alluded only to speech, not writing. As the early twentieth-‐century linguist Leonard Bloomfield proclaimed, writing is not ...
... Since the late nineteenth century, linguistic discussions of “language” have overwhelmingly alluded only to speech, not writing. As the early twentieth-‐century linguist Leonard Bloomfield proclaimed, writing is not ...
Identity, Inequality and Social Class
... Work, incomes and identity: paid work is a source of collective identity through relationships with colleagues at work. 2- What it is to be poor: One group whose identities are greatly constrained by income are the poor. How does poverty shape identity? 2.1- Making ends meet: To be poor means to str ...
... Work, incomes and identity: paid work is a source of collective identity through relationships with colleagues at work. 2- What it is to be poor: One group whose identities are greatly constrained by income are the poor. How does poverty shape identity? 2.1- Making ends meet: To be poor means to str ...
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... and social levels. We communicate information, ideas, beliefs, and attitudes to one another in our daily interaction, and we construct and maintain our positions within various social contexts by employing appropriate language forms and performing speech activities to ensure solidarity, harmony, and ...
... and social levels. We communicate information, ideas, beliefs, and attitudes to one another in our daily interaction, and we construct and maintain our positions within various social contexts by employing appropriate language forms and performing speech activities to ensure solidarity, harmony, and ...
Language and Ethnicity in Central and Eastern Europe: Some
... There were, as a matter of fact, some attempts to construct political nations on a geographical rather than a cultural-linguistic base - Bohemianism, the idea that all the inhabitants of Bohemia regardless of their culture and language, constituted a nation, was one of these. It failed, because it l ...
... There were, as a matter of fact, some attempts to construct political nations on a geographical rather than a cultural-linguistic base - Bohemianism, the idea that all the inhabitants of Bohemia regardless of their culture and language, constituted a nation, was one of these. It failed, because it l ...
Assessment of the Social Functions and Vitality of the Yi Language
... 4. The Social Function of Yi Language: Diglossia and Code-Switching The theory of diglossia points out that the various language varieties commonly used in a fairly stable bilingual society may generally be divided into “high varieties” and “low varieties,” based on the social and economic venues i ...
... 4. The Social Function of Yi Language: Diglossia and Code-Switching The theory of diglossia points out that the various language varieties commonly used in a fairly stable bilingual society may generally be divided into “high varieties” and “low varieties,” based on the social and economic venues i ...