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Rethinking Context
The essays in this collection critically re-examine the concept of context from a variety of different angles.
Language, Culture, and Society
Language, our primary tool of thought and perception, is at the heart of who we are as individuals. Languages are constantly changing, sometimes into entirely new varieties of …
Investigating Obsolescence
Languages die for political, economic and cultural reasons, and can disappear remarkably quickly. Between ten and fifty per cent of all languages currently spoken can be considered …
Language, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia
Indonesia's policy since independence has been to foster the national language. In some regions, local languages are still political rallying points, but their significance has …
Literacy and Literacies
Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and …
Literacy, Emotion and Authority
Literacy continues to be a central issue in anthropology, but methods of perceiving and examining it have changed in recent years. In this study Niko Besnier analyses the …
Responsibility and Evidence in Oral Discourse
Shifting Languages
Indonesian is the national language of a vast, plural nation state, the world's fourth-largest country with a population of over 200 million. Although its use is growing rapidly, …
Voices of Modernity
Language and tradition have long been relegated to the sidelines as scholars have considered the role of politics, science, technology and economics in the making of the modern …
Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture
African American language is central to the teaching of linguistics and language in the United States, and this book, in the series Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations …
Language and Social Relations
Language is closely linked to our social relationships and is the medium through which we participate in a variety of social activities. This fascinating study explores the …