Language And Communicative Practices / Edition 1

by William F Hanks

Overview

This book focuses on major theories of language from several disciplines and aims to develop an approach to communicative practice that combines the formal properties of linguistic systems with the dynamics of speech as social activity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813312170
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	10/01/1995
Series:	Critical Essays in Anthropology Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1330L (what's this?)

About the Author

William F. Hanks is professor of anthropology and linguistics at the University of Chicago. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Paris, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and Casa de America in Madrid.

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction: Meaning and Matters of Context — Language the System — The Language of Saussure — From Signs to Sentences — North American Formalism and the Problem of Meaning — Language the Nexus of Context — Sentences, Speech Acts, and Utterances — Three Phenomenologies of Language — Saturation by Context — Relativity, Reflexivity, and Difference — Beyond the Speaker and the Text — Communicative Practices — Elements of Communicative Practice — Communicative Practice in the Corporeal Field — Meaning in History — About the Book and Author

Editorial Reviews

Drawing on both theory and research, Hanks (anthropology and linguistics, U. of Chicago) offers an introduction to the study of language, emphasizing the dual status of language as linguistic system and as social fact. The 12 chapters cover topics including the language of Saussure; North American Formalism and the problem of meaning; sentences, speech acts, and utterances; relativity, reflexivity, and difference; communicative practice in the corporeal field; and meaning in history. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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