RTF - UDC
... Codes are previous to and relatively independent from languages and from other signaling systems. Codes mobilize signaling materials from languages, kinesic and proxemic systems, and probably from other systems we are still unaware of. More precisely, codes transduce communicative intentions into se ...
... Codes are previous to and relatively independent from languages and from other signaling systems. Codes mobilize signaling materials from languages, kinesic and proxemic systems, and probably from other systems we are still unaware of. More precisely, codes transduce communicative intentions into se ...
Norms and Sociolinguistic Description1
... concepts of appropriate and expected behavior. The most basic of these concepts are acquired in early childhood through socialization. In the case of language norms this means that the first language norms adopted are the ones of everyday spoken language. Compared to the prescriptive norms of the st ...
... concepts of appropriate and expected behavior. The most basic of these concepts are acquired in early childhood through socialization. In the case of language norms this means that the first language norms adopted are the ones of everyday spoken language. Compared to the prescriptive norms of the st ...
From Cultural Selection to Genetic Selection: A Framework for the
... the structuralists claim), nor reflections of general cognitive principles (as the functionalists claim), but structural reflections of linguistic meaning. On the other hand, it turns out that the types of meanings which are expressible through language constitute a very constrained subset of the ty ...
... the structuralists claim), nor reflections of general cognitive principles (as the functionalists claim), but structural reflections of linguistic meaning. On the other hand, it turns out that the types of meanings which are expressible through language constitute a very constrained subset of the ty ...
A brief history of Stylistics
... Stylistics can be by and large described as the study of style of language usage in different contexts, either linguistic, or situational. Yet, it seems that due to the complex history and variety of investigated issues of this study it is difficult to state precisely what stylistics is, and to mark ...
... Stylistics can be by and large described as the study of style of language usage in different contexts, either linguistic, or situational. Yet, it seems that due to the complex history and variety of investigated issues of this study it is difficult to state precisely what stylistics is, and to mark ...
Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Linguistic Diversity
... a program for future research on the topic by highlighting methodological and theoretical considerations for explaining patterns of linguistic diversity. In particular, we draw on previous empirical and theoretical work to outline the mechanisms that drive linguistic cladogenesis and disparity. We c ...
... a program for future research on the topic by highlighting methodological and theoretical considerations for explaining patterns of linguistic diversity. In particular, we draw on previous empirical and theoretical work to outline the mechanisms that drive linguistic cladogenesis and disparity. We c ...
“Code Switching” in Sociocultural Linguistics
... models (e.g. Azuma 1991) or as evidence for grammatical theory (e.g. MacSwann 2000; Jake, Myers-Scotton and Gross 2002). By ignoring questions of function or meaning, though, this structural focus fails to answer basic questions of why switching occurs.2 Auer (1984) warns, “Grammatical restrictions ...
... models (e.g. Azuma 1991) or as evidence for grammatical theory (e.g. MacSwann 2000; Jake, Myers-Scotton and Gross 2002). By ignoring questions of function or meaning, though, this structural focus fails to answer basic questions of why switching occurs.2 Auer (1984) warns, “Grammatical restrictions ...
Tailoring language provision and requirements
... in which they started to realise themselves as persons (personal identity), as members of a family and social group (social identity), and in which they developed values important for their lives (cultural/ religious identity). The more people have to leave behind, the more important their first lan ...
... in which they started to realise themselves as persons (personal identity), as members of a family and social group (social identity), and in which they developed values important for their lives (cultural/ religious identity). The more people have to leave behind, the more important their first lan ...
4. Third scenario: Sexual selection and a run
... intelligence. As communicative skills are central for all elementary human acts, such as the selection of friends and partners, maintaining the family, the rearing of children, cooperation in the work place and all kinds of social and cultural processes, language is a capacity, which lies at the hea ...
... intelligence. As communicative skills are central for all elementary human acts, such as the selection of friends and partners, maintaining the family, the rearing of children, cooperation in the work place and all kinds of social and cultural processes, language is a capacity, which lies at the hea ...
New Paths in the Linguistic Anthropology of Oceania
... the partialness and unevenness of cultural knowledge and practices across individuals and situations. In comparison, Philips (2000, 2004) analyzes Tongan magistrate’s court interactions to show how multiple language ideologies manifest themselves in nationalist discourses that contribute to the maki ...
... the partialness and unevenness of cultural knowledge and practices across individuals and situations. In comparison, Philips (2000, 2004) analyzes Tongan magistrate’s court interactions to show how multiple language ideologies manifest themselves in nationalist discourses that contribute to the maki ...
Linguistic Anthropology in 2013: Super-New-Big AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST Angela Reyes Linguistic Anthropology
... cartoonists in Madagascar. In his study of how literacy activism is understood to transform Tamil villagers in South India into citizens, Francis Cody (2013) examines how such movements both emancipate and subjugate the very people they seek to enlighten. While female activists are the central focus ...
... cartoonists in Madagascar. In his study of how literacy activism is understood to transform Tamil villagers in South India into citizens, Francis Cody (2013) examines how such movements both emancipate and subjugate the very people they seek to enlighten. While female activists are the central focus ...
LC-01 Introduction-0.. - Michigan State University
... “high culture,” which traditionally referred to the outstanding works of art, music and literature of the western world. More recently, “high culture” now includes such works from other societies as well. In contrast, the anthropologist characterizes “human culture” as an even broader term, which as ...
... “high culture,” which traditionally referred to the outstanding works of art, music and literature of the western world. More recently, “high culture” now includes such works from other societies as well. In contrast, the anthropologist characterizes “human culture” as an even broader term, which as ...
Chapter 7 The Language Of Thought
... Why, according to Stainton, is it important that representations have a dual aspect, form as well as content? If there is no intentional causation, how can thinking (decision making, etc) work? What causes people to move from one contentful state to another? (116) Why does Stainton say that thinking ...
... Why, according to Stainton, is it important that representations have a dual aspect, form as well as content? If there is no intentional causation, how can thinking (decision making, etc) work? What causes people to move from one contentful state to another? (116) Why does Stainton say that thinking ...
Shall We Talk? Conversing with Humans and Robots
... Referential Function), social companionship (akin to Jakobson’s Phatic Function), and control (something of a combination of Jakobson’s Expressive and Conative Functions). If you ask a class of undergraduate studen ...
... Referential Function), social companionship (akin to Jakobson’s Phatic Function), and control (something of a combination of Jakobson’s Expressive and Conative Functions). If you ask a class of undergraduate studen ...
- Philsci
... In this paper we develop a specific formal approach to the semantic counterpart of natural and formal languages. By ‘semantics’ we understand a systematic correspondence between strings of a given language L and elements from a domain ∆ that has no element in common with L. The intuition behind thi ...
... In this paper we develop a specific formal approach to the semantic counterpart of natural and formal languages. By ‘semantics’ we understand a systematic correspondence between strings of a given language L and elements from a domain ∆ that has no element in common with L. The intuition behind thi ...
11 HOW LANGUAGE REALIZES THE WORK OF SCIENCE
... How Language Realizes the Work of Science symposia and published articles, we certainly see a very specialized development of language, distinct from our everyday conversation and newspaper reading. Unfamiliar words signify objects and phenomena from the microscopic and macroscopic limits of the uni ...
... How Language Realizes the Work of Science symposia and published articles, we certainly see a very specialized development of language, distinct from our everyday conversation and newspaper reading. Unfamiliar words signify objects and phenomena from the microscopic and macroscopic limits of the uni ...
How language changed the genes: toward an explicit account of the
... parameters is the most famous such conception: even when some variability between languages is conceded, the theory encodes the variability in the genes. Children come to the world with a few parameters for each linguistic principle, and choose the right one for the language they encounter. This not ...
... parameters is the most famous such conception: even when some variability between languages is conceded, the theory encodes the variability in the genes. Children come to the world with a few parameters for each linguistic principle, and choose the right one for the language they encounter. This not ...
Document
... particularly interesting in connection to semantics is that of kinship (complex kinship relations of many societies are revealed in equally complex semantic patterns of the kinship terminology) ...
... particularly interesting in connection to semantics is that of kinship (complex kinship relations of many societies are revealed in equally complex semantic patterns of the kinship terminology) ...
Linguistic anthropology: Language as a non
... defective methods. Some of the claims often associated with Whorf or attributed to him are also factually wrong, including the infamous example that Eskimos have a very high number of words for ‘snow.’ Not only is this not true (Martin 1986), but even if it were true, it would not say much about the ...
... defective methods. Some of the claims often associated with Whorf or attributed to him are also factually wrong, including the infamous example that Eskimos have a very high number of words for ‘snow.’ Not only is this not true (Martin 1986), but even if it were true, it would not say much about the ...
"Expert Rhetorics" in Advocacy for Endangered Languages: Who Is
... languages are tiny and often do not carry the indirect cost returns so desired by university administrators. Communities where endangered languages are spoken often are opposed to the publication of research; I personally know of several cases in which the careers of young linguists have been impede ...
... languages are tiny and often do not carry the indirect cost returns so desired by university administrators. Communities where endangered languages are spoken often are opposed to the publication of research; I personally know of several cases in which the careers of young linguists have been impede ...
The scope of linguistic anthropology - Assets
... 1.2 The study of linguistic practices human existence and, hence, in bringing about particular ways of being-in-theworld. It is such a dynamic view of language that gives linguistic anthropology its unique place in the humanities and the social sciences. 1.2 The study of linguistic practices As a do ...
... 1.2 The study of linguistic practices human existence and, hence, in bringing about particular ways of being-in-theworld. It is such a dynamic view of language that gives linguistic anthropology its unique place in the humanities and the social sciences. 1.2 The study of linguistic practices As a do ...
All of the Above: New Coalitions in Sociocultural Linguistics
... linguistic-anthropological theories of genre by Bauman and others have been taken up in European studies of verbal art (Knoblauch and Kotthoff 2001), work on language ideologies by Silverstein, Woolard, Schieffelin, and other U.S.based linguistic anthropologists has inspired related research elsewhe ...
... linguistic-anthropological theories of genre by Bauman and others have been taken up in European studies of verbal art (Knoblauch and Kotthoff 2001), work on language ideologies by Silverstein, Woolard, Schieffelin, and other U.S.based linguistic anthropologists has inspired related research elsewhe ...
the sociological repudiation of völkerpsychologie
... concerned with psychological and social factors and turned his attention to syntax. For Shakhmatov, psychology studies the laws of individual thought, while syntax studies the norms of the verbal expression of thought; where psychology deals with individual thinking and generalizes from observations ...
... concerned with psychological and social factors and turned his attention to syntax. For Shakhmatov, psychology studies the laws of individual thought, while syntax studies the norms of the verbal expression of thought; where psychology deals with individual thinking and generalizes from observations ...
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 ...
Phraseology and linguistic theory
... another (form of a) lexical item (kith and kin is a very frequently cited example of a nearly deterministic co-occurrence of two lexical items, as is strong tea); a grammatical pattern (as opposed to, say, a grammatical relation), i.e. when a particular lexical item tends to occur in/co-occur with a ...
... another (form of a) lexical item (kith and kin is a very frequently cited example of a nearly deterministic co-occurrence of two lexical items, as is strong tea); a grammatical pattern (as opposed to, say, a grammatical relation), i.e. when a particular lexical item tends to occur in/co-occur with a ...
Society for Ethnomusicology
... papers are highly programmaticand minimally empirical. Nettl (1958) for instance suggests starting with a defined corpus, moving on to identify significant vs. non-significantfeatures, and then plotting the distribution of the distinctive elements in the total structure. Such a procedure may be appl ...
... papers are highly programmaticand minimally empirical. Nettl (1958) for instance suggests starting with a defined corpus, moving on to identify significant vs. non-significantfeatures, and then plotting the distribution of the distinctive elements in the total structure. Such a procedure may be appl ...