Linguistic Anthropology in 2013: Super-New-Big AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST Angela Reyes Linguistic Anthropology
... subjects” (Inoue 2006): that is, change in ideology, change involving “us”—the perceiver, the overhearer-now-reporter, the knowledge producer. As we move about the world, we may not see new things as much as see things anew—which is certainly something but an entirely different something. To be sure ...
... subjects” (Inoue 2006): that is, change in ideology, change involving “us”—the perceiver, the overhearer-now-reporter, the knowledge producer. As we move about the world, we may not see new things as much as see things anew—which is certainly something but an entirely different something. To be sure ...
Optimality Theory and Human Sentence Processing: The Case of Coordination
... syntactic rules that determine regular structure, and the syntactic rules or procedures that determine coordinate structure can coexist and interact. Moreover, it is not obvious why there would be such a distinction between coordination and other linguistic forms. We will argue that no special statu ...
... syntactic rules that determine regular structure, and the syntactic rules or procedures that determine coordinate structure can coexist and interact. Moreover, it is not obvious why there would be such a distinction between coordination and other linguistic forms. We will argue that no special statu ...
Optimality Theory and Human Sentence Processing: The
... generated by special rules that enforce the structural properties typical for coordination. Some syntacticians have suggested that coordination can only be represented by means of non-standard three-dimensional structures (e.g., de ...
... generated by special rules that enforce the structural properties typical for coordination. Some syntacticians have suggested that coordination can only be represented by means of non-standard three-dimensional structures (e.g., de ...
Introduction to frequency and the emergence of linguistic structure
... However, by the 1980s, a number of linguists had begun to think of linguistic structure (g~ammar) as a response to discourse needs, and to consider seriously the hypothesis that grammar comes about through the repeated adaptation of forms to live discourse (Hopper 1979; Giv6n 1979; Giv6n (ed.) 1983; ...
... However, by the 1980s, a number of linguists had begun to think of linguistic structure (g~ammar) as a response to discourse needs, and to consider seriously the hypothesis that grammar comes about through the repeated adaptation of forms to live discourse (Hopper 1979; Giv6n 1979; Giv6n (ed.) 1983; ...
cognitive artefact
... Symbolic cognitive artefacts canonically support conceptual and symbolic processes in specific meaning domains Examples: notational systems, dials, calendars, compasses Cultural and cognitive schemas organizing e.g. time and number can be considered as dependent on, and hence constituted, not just e ...
... Symbolic cognitive artefacts canonically support conceptual and symbolic processes in specific meaning domains Examples: notational systems, dials, calendars, compasses Cultural and cognitive schemas organizing e.g. time and number can be considered as dependent on, and hence constituted, not just e ...
BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND CONSCIOUSNESS: LINGUISTIC
... Abstract. The main goal of the paper is to present a putative role of consciousness in language capacity. The paper contrasts the two approaches characteristic for cognitive semiotics and cognitive science. Language is treated as a mental phenomenon and a cognitive faculty (in contrast to approaches ...
... Abstract. The main goal of the paper is to present a putative role of consciousness in language capacity. The paper contrasts the two approaches characteristic for cognitive semiotics and cognitive science. Language is treated as a mental phenomenon and a cognitive faculty (in contrast to approaches ...
RTF - UDC
... Finally, then, which types of codes are there? How many codes function in a given human encounter? I don't know! But, if our semantic representations of reality are plural, then there should be multiple codes to handle this plurality. We should be able to find at least situational codes that deal wi ...
... Finally, then, which types of codes are there? How many codes function in a given human encounter? I don't know! But, if our semantic representations of reality are plural, then there should be multiple codes to handle this plurality. We should be able to find at least situational codes that deal wi ...
Cultural evolution of language
... function as a unifying force to draw together the widely dispersed and largely unconnected subfields of contemporary linguistics. Taking an evolutionary perspective on language raises many questions: Does embedding language evolution within a general theory of cultural evolution produce elegant and ...
... function as a unifying force to draw together the widely dispersed and largely unconnected subfields of contemporary linguistics. Taking an evolutionary perspective on language raises many questions: Does embedding language evolution within a general theory of cultural evolution produce elegant and ...
Some Principles on the use of Macro
... Here we find another likely inconsistency in the macro-area assignments. The genus Oceanic, making up the eastern half of the white dots on Map 6, is clearly adjacent to the languages of the ‘Australia and New Guinea’ area rather than the Southeast Asia area. The assignment of the Oceanic genus to ...
... Here we find another likely inconsistency in the macro-area assignments. The genus Oceanic, making up the eastern half of the white dots on Map 6, is clearly adjacent to the languages of the ‘Australia and New Guinea’ area rather than the Southeast Asia area. The assignment of the Oceanic genus to ...
LC-01 Introduction-0.. - Michigan State University
... has also been criticized on the grounds that it makes societies appear to be: 1) too static; 2) too uniform; 3) too bounded; and 4) only hints at how humans interact in a given situation. The Classic Concept Of Culture Is Too Static. Brian Street in his 1993 article entitled “Culture is a verb” emph ...
... has also been criticized on the grounds that it makes societies appear to be: 1) too static; 2) too uniform; 3) too bounded; and 4) only hints at how humans interact in a given situation. The Classic Concept Of Culture Is Too Static. Brian Street in his 1993 article entitled “Culture is a verb” emph ...
the sociological repudiation of völkerpsychologie
... School strove to bring mathematical rigor to linguistics, with close attention paid to formal questions; however, in the latter part of his career, Shakhmatov became increasingly concerned with psychological and social factors and turned his attention to syntax. For Shakhmatov, psychology studies th ...
... School strove to bring mathematical rigor to linguistics, with close attention paid to formal questions; however, in the latter part of his career, Shakhmatov became increasingly concerned with psychological and social factors and turned his attention to syntax. For Shakhmatov, psychology studies th ...
Cultural Aspects of Japanese Family Address Terms as Part of
... universal feature of languages, because kinship is so important in social organization. Some kinship systems are much richer than others, but all make use of such factors as gender, age, generation, blood, and marriage in their organization. In any language or social organization, people use address ...
... universal feature of languages, because kinship is so important in social organization. Some kinship systems are much richer than others, but all make use of such factors as gender, age, generation, blood, and marriage in their organization. In any language or social organization, people use address ...
New Paths in the Linguistic Anthropology of Oceania
... Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2009.38:17-31. Downloaded from arjournals.annualreviews.org by 64.131.196.231 on 10/07/09. For personal use only. ...
... Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2009.38:17-31. Downloaded from arjournals.annualreviews.org by 64.131.196.231 on 10/07/09. For personal use only. ...
Children`s games as local semiotic play: An ethnographic account.
... that become the internalized versions used in later life. Kress also made the argument, important for my purposes here, that children happily combine various semiotic systems, such as talk, drawing, gesture, dramatic play and writing. He described “multimodality” as “an absolute fact of children’s s ...
... that become the internalized versions used in later life. Kress also made the argument, important for my purposes here, that children happily combine various semiotic systems, such as talk, drawing, gesture, dramatic play and writing. He described “multimodality” as “an absolute fact of children’s s ...
Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Linguistic Diversity
... (estimated at 12,000) at the end of the Pleistocene, directly predating the rise of agriculture (Harrison 2007). In the hunter–gatherer societies of the time, the dominant force in language creation is likely to have been fissioning mechanisms, which resulted from a maximum group size of around 500– ...
... (estimated at 12,000) at the end of the Pleistocene, directly predating the rise of agriculture (Harrison 2007). In the hunter–gatherer societies of the time, the dominant force in language creation is likely to have been fissioning mechanisms, which resulted from a maximum group size of around 500– ...
11 HOW LANGUAGE REALIZES THE WORK OF SCIENCE
... Sophists early saw the fluidity and uncertainty of symbolic representations and thus the questionableness of whatever formulations we see as knowledge. Plato shared this perception despite his being cast as the Sophists’ first and most formidable enemy in the saga of philosophic history. The cave al ...
... Sophists early saw the fluidity and uncertainty of symbolic representations and thus the questionableness of whatever formulations we see as knowledge. Plato shared this perception despite his being cast as the Sophists’ first and most formidable enemy in the saga of philosophic history. The cave al ...
To: Speaker of the Rice University Faculty Senate Chair of the
... and social interactional mores within socio-cultural contexts that help language users/learners become effective in a second language. What is more, the study of intercultural communication helps students gain increased awareness about communicative processes in their first language as well. At the ...
... and social interactional mores within socio-cultural contexts that help language users/learners become effective in a second language. What is more, the study of intercultural communication helps students gain increased awareness about communicative processes in their first language as well. At the ...
Craft of Research Chap 16-TalkingPoints.key
... b. Historians of science have concentrated on Darwin rather than Mendel for a second reason. Darwin’s genius is illuminated by hundreds of letters, both personal and scientific, to scores of different recipients, including leading scientific figures. Mendel is represented by only ten letters to the ...
... b. Historians of science have concentrated on Darwin rather than Mendel for a second reason. Darwin’s genius is illuminated by hundreds of letters, both personal and scientific, to scores of different recipients, including leading scientific figures. Mendel is represented by only ten letters to the ...
Society for Ethnomusicology
... derives from analogies to structural linguistics.2 Most of the structuralist 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 ...
... derives from analogies to structural linguistics.2 Most of the structuralist 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 ...
122 Intercultural citizenship and foreign language education
... 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 ‘weather speak’, there is little to dissuade them, but in other more complex cases they may ...
... 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 ‘weather speak’, there is little to dissuade them, but in other more complex cases they may ...
Linguistic anthropology: Language as a non
... (now sociocultural anthropology). This conceptual and institutional organization is found nowhere else but in Canada. Boas’ fascination with American Indian languages played a major role in his decision to leave the field of geography and embrace anthropology. Sponsored by John Wesley Powell at the ...
... (now sociocultural anthropology). This conceptual and institutional organization is found nowhere else but in Canada. Boas’ fascination with American Indian languages played a major role in his decision to leave the field of geography and embrace anthropology. Sponsored by John Wesley Powell at the ...
Perception of tone contrasts in Cantonese as a heritage
... comprehensible even when some of the tone information is lost à there is no ‘need’ to fully acquire it ...
... comprehensible even when some of the tone information is lost à there is no ‘need’ to fully acquire it ...
Chapter 4 - A Science of Human Nature?
... moment. As will be discussed below, such a division cannot be maintained but what lies behind the wish to claim the existence of cultural universals is quite understandable. It is the fact, obvious to those with experience of different types of people, especially most social and cultural anthropolog ...
... moment. As will be discussed below, such a division cannot be maintained but what lies behind the wish to claim the existence of cultural universals is quite understandable. It is the fact, obvious to those with experience of different types of people, especially most social and cultural anthropolog ...
Universal Design - Association on Higher Education and Disability
... environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design – Ron Mace, Architect ...
... environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design – Ron Mace, Architect ...
echo4
... Thus tools may be of a variety of kinds. Some, such as those concerned with learning to balance are probably innate, though possibly modifiable by experience. Others may develop through personal learning or by learning from others. An important type of tool has as its basis specification of how to r ...
... Thus tools may be of a variety of kinds. Some, such as those concerned with learning to balance are probably innate, though possibly modifiable by experience. Others may develop through personal learning or by learning from others. An important type of tool has as its basis specification of how to r ...