Anthropological Linguistics

Anthropological Linguistics

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Anthropological Linguistics by William Foley

It starts from a theoretical viewpoint of both language and culture as conventionalised forms of situated practice and uses this as a unifying framework to cover the full range of topics normally treated under the rubric of language and culture.
"Foley's book illustrates quite convincingly that 'Linguistics without anthropology is sterile, anthropology without linguistics is blind'(Hockett 1973: 675)" Gunter Senft, Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics

"I applaud Foley for having overcome one of the main constraints of structuralist - inspired approaches to analysis" Peter Muhlhausler, University of Adelaide

William A. Foley is Professor of Lingusitics at the University of Sydney. He is author of Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar (with R. van Valin) and The Papuan Languages fo New Guinea, and editor of The Role of Theory in Language Description.
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ISBN 13 9780631151227
ISBN 10 0631151222
Title Anthropological Linguistics
Author William Foley
Series Language In Society
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1997-06-14
Number of pages 514
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