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Language in Strange and Familiar Places : Linguistic Research in Uncharted Territories.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)
- Series:
- Anthropological Linguistics [AL] Series
- Anthropological Linguistics [AL] Series ; v.13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropological linguistics.
- anthropological linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Basel/Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., 2025.
- Summary:
- Language and place are intimately connected: depending on where we are, what the context is and what our aims are, we will adjust our language accordingly.Yet linguistics defines itself by a framework that determines which kind of language is worth investigating.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Language in strange and familiar places: A short introduction
- The eternal and the ephemeral
- Language preservation in strangely familiar places: How traditional skills have helped preserve Shaetlan
- Hidden landscapes and the images of the "unseen": from north-west Amazonia to the Middle Sepik region of New Guinea
- The intersection of language, religion, identity, and scholarship: Opportunities for the revitalization of Ge'ez
- Speaking of oneself in multi-term evidential systems: From the Himalayas to Amazonia
- Ideological and communicative perspectives on divination amongst the people of Northern Ghana
- Beyond participants-researchers-research outsiders: food talk and the (co-)construction of knowledge in multi-sited participatory ethnography
- Making and selling Greek food in London: Migrant hospitality professionals talk about food authenticity over dinner
- Feierabendziegel: Roof tiles with celestial bodies on them, and how they are relevant for understanding experiences of contingency
- Index of authors
- Index of subjects
- Index of languages, language families, areas, and peoples.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783111707501
- 3111707504
- 3-11-170750-4
- OCLC:
- 1517577840
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