Language and social relations / Asif Agha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agha, Asif, 1961- author.

Series:

Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; 24.

Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics.

Interpersonal communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 427 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Language & Social Relations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 important role of language in various aspects of our social life, such as identity, gender relations, class, kinship, status, and hierarchies. Drawing on data from over thirty different languages and societies, it shows how language is more than simply a form of social action; it is also an effective tool with which we formulate models of social life and conduct. These models - or particular forms of social behaviour - are linked to the classification of 'types' of action or actor, and are passed 'reflexively' from person to person, and from generation to generation. Providing a unified way of accounting for a variety of social phenomena, this book will be welcomed by all those interested in the interaction between language, culture, and society.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Typographical conventions; Introduction; 1 Reflexivity; 2 From referring to registers; 3 Register formations; 4 The social life of cultural value; 5 Regrouping identity; 6 Registers of person deixis; 7 Honorific registers; 8 Norm and trope in kinship behavior; Notes; References; Index; Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-418) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15729-3

1-280-70992-8

0-511-61828-X

0-511-25673-6

0-511-25723-6

0-511-25563-2

0-511-31949-5

0-511-25620-5

OCLC:

437175096