James M. Wilce

Culture and Communication

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This introductory textbook of culture and communication shows students how to use language as a tool to reveal cultural phenomena.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 846g
• ISBN-13: 9781107031302
• ISBN-10: 1107031303
• Artikelnr.: 48861835

Autorenporträt

James M. Wilce is Professor of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of three books, Eloquence in Trouble (1998), Crying Shame (2008), and Language and Emotion (Cambridge, 2009). He is also the editor of Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems (2003) and the book series, Studies in Discourse and Culture (2005 to present).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Society, culture, and communication
2. What is communication?
3. Semiotics and sign types
4. The structure of language
5. Culture, society, communication, and language evolving
6. Diverse languages and perspectives: communication, expression, and mind
7. Researching communication and culture as a linguistic anthropologist
8. Human social semiotics
9. The communicative enactment and transmission of society and culture
10. Cultures of performance and the performance of culture
11. Globalization, media, and emotion talk
12. Applying linguistic anthropology
Appendix. IPA and other specialized marks
Glossary
References.