Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (Primers in Anthropology)

Revised and updated, the 2nd Edition of Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology presents an accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world through the contemporary theory and practice of linguistic anthropology.

• Presents a highly accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world
• Combines classic studies on language and cutting-edge contemporary scholarship and assumes no prior knowledge in linguistics or anthropology
• Features a series of updates and revisions for this new edition, including an all-new chapter on forms of nonverbal language
• Provides a unifying synthesis of current research and considers future directions for the field

• Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache
• Making Sense of Language: Readings in Culture and Communication
• Portraits of "The Whiteman": Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols Among the Western Apache
• The Everyday Language of White Racism
• Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)
• Kisisi (Our Language): The Story of Colin and Sadiki (New Directions in Ethnography)
• Growing up Bilingual: Puerto Rican Children in New York
• A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication: Essential Readings
• Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs
• When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge