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Language structure and environment : social, cultural, and natural factors / edited by Rik De Busser, National Chengchi University, Taiwan ; Randy J. LaPolla, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts ; v. 6.
- Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts, 1879-8047 ; volume 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Structural linguistics--Social aspects.
- Structural linguistics.
- Structural linguistics--Research.
- Intercultural communication--Social aspects.
- Intercultural communication.
- Sublanguage--Social aspects.
- Sublanguage.
- Language and culture--Research.
- Language and culture.
- Language and culture--Social aspects.
- Sociolinguistics--Research.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Social aspects.
- Research.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 Chapter 1. The influence of social, cultural, and natural factors on language structure p. 1 / Rik De Busser
- 2 Grammar and culture
- 3 Chapter 2. On the logical necessity of a cultural and cognitive connection for the origin of all aspects of linguistic structure p. 31 / Randy J. LaPolla
- 4 Chapter 3. The body, the universe, society and language p. 45 / Kate Burridge
- 5 Chapter 4. When culture grammaticalizes p. 77 / Uri Tadmor
- 6 Chapter 5. The cultural bases of linguistic form p. 99 / Lev Michael
- 7 Grammar and society
- 8 Chapter 6. Societies of intimates and linguistic complexity p. 133 / Peter Trudgill
- 9 Chapter 7. On the relation between linguistic and social factors in migrant language contact p. 149 / Michael Clyne; Yvette Slaughter; John Hajek; Doris Schüpbach
- 10 Grammar and geography
- 11 Chapter 8. Topography in language p. 177 / Bill Palmer
- 12 Chapter 9. Walk around the clock p. 227 / Friedel Martin Frowein
- 13 Chapter 10. Types of spread zones p. 261 / Johanna Nichols
- 14 Grammar and evolution
- 15 Chapter 11. The role of adaptation in understanding linguistic diversity p. 289 / Gary Lupyan; Rick Dale
- 16 Grammar and the field of linguistics
- 17 Chapter 12. On becoming an object of study p. 319 / Catherine L. Easton; Tonya N. Stebbins
- 18 Subjects and Languages Index p. 353
- 19 Author Index p. 367.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Language structure and environment
- ISBN:
- 9789027204097
- 9027204098
- OCLC:
- 898910567
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