Language in Strange and Familiar Places
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Language in Strange and Familiar Places

Linguistic Research in Uncharted Territories

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Language in Strange and Familiar Places

Linguistic Research in Uncharted Territories

About this book

Language and place are intimately connected: depending on where we are, what the context is and what our aims are, we will adjust our language accordingly. Yet linguistics defines itself by a framework that determines which kind of language is worth investigating. Within that framework, linguistics constructs both language and place in multiple ways: language as a sequestered thing belongs to the field site or the classroom; language as fluid practice is associated with the street; language as reconstruction belongs to migration corridors. What about the places that tend to fall between the cracks? This volume explores language in strange and familiar places, from Europe to Africa, Amazonia, Australia and the Pacific, in order to shed light on them.

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Yes, you can access Language in Strange and Familiar Places by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,Anne Storch,Viveka Velupillai in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Languages. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Language in strange and familiar places: A short introduction
  5. The eternal and the ephemeral
  6. Language preservation in strangely familiar places: How traditional skills have helped preserve Shaetlan
  7. Hidden landscapes and the images of the ā€œunseenā€: from north-west Amazonia to the Middle Sepik region of New Guinea
  8. The intersection of language, religion, identity, and scholarship: Opportunities for the revitalization of Geā€™ez
  9. Speaking of oneself in multi-term evidential systems: From the Himalayas to Amazonia
  10. Ideological and communicative perspectives on divination amongst the people of Northern Ghana
  11. Beyond participantsā€“researchersā€“research outsiders: food talk and the (co-)construction of knowledge in multi-sited participatory ethnography
  12. Making and selling Greek food in London: Migrant hospitality professionals talk about food authenticity over dinner
  13. Feierabendziegel: Roof tiles with celestial bodies on them, and how they are relevant for understanding experiences of contingency
  14. Index of authors
  15. Index of subjects
  16. Index of languages, language families, areas, and peoples