Language is central to human experience and our understanding of who
we are, whether written or unwritten, sung or spoken. But what is
language and how do we record it? Where does it reside? Does it exist
and evolve within written sources, in performance, in the mind or in
speech? For too long, ethnographic, aesthetic and sociolinguistic
studies of language have remained apart from analyses emerging from
traditions such as literature and performance. Where is Language?
argues for a more complex and contextualized understanding of language
across this range of disciplines, engaging with key issues, including
orality, literacy, narrative, ideology, performance and the human
communities in which these take place. Eminent anthropologist Ruth
Finnegan draws together a lifetime of ethnographic case studies,
reading and personal commentary to explore the roles and nature of
language in cultures across the world, from West Africa to the South
Pacific. By combining research and reflections, Finnegan discusses the
multi-modality of language to provide an account not simply of
vocabulary and grammar, but one which questions the importance of
cultural settings and the essence of human communication itself.
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ISBN
9781000189759
Publisert
2020
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Routledge
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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