Anthropological Linguistics: An Introduction (Paperback)

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Description


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.

About the Author


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.

Product Details ISBN-10: 0631151222
ISBN-13: 9780631151227
Published: Wiley-Blackwell, 08/01/1997
Pages: 520
Language: English