Making Sense of Language: Readings in Culture and Communication

Chosen for their accessibility and variety, the readings in Making Sense of Language: Readings in Culture and Communication, Third Edition, engage students in thinking about the nature of language--arguably the most uniquely human of all our characteristics--and its involvement in every aspect of human society and experience. Instead of taking an ideological stance on specific issues, the text presents a range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives and bolsters them with pedagogical support, including unit and chapter introductions; critical-thinking, reading, and application questions; suggested further reading; and a comprehensive glossary. Questions of power, identity, interaction, ideology, and the nature of language and other semiotic systems are woven throughout the third edition of Making Sense of Language, making it an exemplary text for courses in language and culture, linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, and four-field anthropology.

• Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (Primers in Anthropology)
• Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
• How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation
• The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom
• Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?
• Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
• Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
• Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions
• Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
• When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge