Language and Culture
Claire Kramsch
Series Editor: H. G. Widdowson
Recent social and political changes have focused attention on the debate about the relationship between language and culture. This book offers an accessible survey of key concepts such as social context and cultural authenticity, using insights from fields which include linguistics, sociology and anthropology.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-437214-5
- Pages: 144
- Binding: Paperback
- Dimensions: 196x129 mm
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Contact your local Oxford office or distributor for information or advice on any of our materials, or to find your local ELT bookseller.Part of... Oxford Introductions to Language Study
A series of brief, clear introductions to the main areas of language study.
Tab 1
Preface
Section 1
Survey
1 The relationship of language and culture
Nature, culture, language
Communities of language users
Imagined communities
Insiders/outsiders
Linguistic relativity
The Sapir - Whorf hypothesis
Summary
2 Meaning as sign
The linguistic sign
The meaning of signs
Cultural encodings
Semantic cohesion
The non-arbitrary nature of signs
Symbols
Summary
3 Meaning as action
Context of situation, context of culture
Structures of expectation
Contextualization cues, situated inferences
Pragmatic coherence
The co-operative principle
Participants' roles and the co-construction of culture
Summary
4 Spoken language, oral culture
Speech and writing
Indicating status
Social positionings
Protecting face
Conversational style
Narrative style
Summary
5 Print language, literate culture
Written language, textual culture
Print and power
Social construction of literacy
Text and discourse
Literacy event, prior text, point of view
Genre
Summary
6 Language and cultural identity
Cultural identity
Cultural stereotypes
Language crossing as act of identity
Linguistic nationism
Standard language, cultural totem
Linguistic and cultural imperialism
Summary
7 Current issues
Who is a native speaker?
Cultural authenticity
Cross-cultural, intercultural, multicultural
The politics of recognition
Section 2
ReadingsSection 3
ReferencesSection 4
Glossary
