Nurturing Language
Download or Read eBook Nurturing Language PDF written by Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Gerrit J. Dimmendaal |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 2022-11-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110726633 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110726637 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Nurturing Language by : Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
Book excerpt: This monograph introduces students and scholars in linguistics, anthropology, and intercultural communication to anthropological linguistics, with a special focus on Africa. Among the topics addressed are semantic fields such as kinship or colour terminology, spatial orientation, linguistic relativity and the link between language and cognition, onomastics, the ethnography of communication, interactional sociolinguistics, emotions, (im)politeness strategies, conversation analysis, and non-verbal communication.
