Linguistic Anthropology Workbook and Reader

by Ottenheimer, Harriet Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780534594374
• ISBN10: 0534594379
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-18
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Harriet Ottenheimer's Linguistic Anthropology Workbook and Reader contains classic and contemporary readings and exercises that illuminate and expand on the basic concepts introduced in her engaging and accessible text, The Anthropology of Language. A special feature of this workbook and reader is a series of exercises drawn from a single language. These exercises are specifically designed to demonstrate different levels of analysis. Each section of the workbook concludes with a pointer to the robust Book Companion Website, where you will find additional exercises and readings, links to relevant websites, study questions, and key words to guide you to additional readings in InfoTrac College Edition's collection of articles. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
About the Author	p. xix
Student Preface	p. xxi
Linguistic Anthropology	p. 1
Reading	p. 1
"A Goy in the Ghetto: Gentile-Jewish Communication in Fieldwork Research"	p. 1
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 10
Web Exercises	p. 12
Guided Projects	p. 14
Language Creating	p. 14
Conversation Partnering	p. 14
Language and Culture	p. 15
Reading	p. 15
"Hanunoo Color Categories"	p. 15
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 19
Web Exercises	p. 22
Guided Projects	p. 25
Language Creating	p. 25
Conversation Partnering	p. 25
Sounds	p. 29
Reading	p. 29
Phonetic Charting: Consonants and Vowels	p. 29
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 36
Practice with Languages	p. 40
Charting Consonants: New Zealand	p. 40
Minimal Pairs and Phonemic Distinctiveness	p. 40
Shinzwani (Comoro Islands)	p. 40
Hindi	p. 41
Czech	p. 41
French	p. 41
Chatino (Mexico)	p. 41
Phonemes and Allophones	p. 41
English	p. 42
KiSwahili	p. 43
German	p. 43
Korean	p. 43
Japanese	p. 44
English	p. 44
isiZulu	p. 44
Totonac (Mexico)	p. 44
Farsi (Iran)	p. 44
Web Exercises	p. 45
Guided Projects	p. 49
Language Creating	p. 49
Conversation Partnering	p. 49
Words and Sentences	p. 50
Reading	p. 50
"Tenses and Time Travel"	p. 50
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 51
Practice with Languages	p. 53
Kanuri (Nigeria)	p. 53
LuGanda (Uganda)	p. 53
Shinzwani (Comoro Islands)	p. 53
Kurdish	p. 54
Czech	p. 55
Bontoc (Philippine Islands)	p. 55
Samoan	p. 56
Hop	p. 56
Tepehua (Mexico)	p. 57
KiSwahili Verbs	p. 58
KiSwahili Nouns	p. 59
KiSwahili Noun Classes	p. 61
KiSwahili Syntax	p. 63
English Newspaper Headlines	p. 67
Your Own Language	p. 67
Web Exercises	p. 67
Guided Projects	p. 69
Language Creating	p. 69
Conversation Partnering	p. 69
Language in Action	p. 70
Reading	p. 70
"Native American Non-Interference"	p. 70
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 75
Web Exercises	p. 77
Guided Projects	p. 78
Language Creating	p. 78
Conversation Partnering	p. 78
Nonverbal Communication	p. 79
Reading	p. 79
"Personal Space: The Hidden Element of Cowboy Demeanor"	p. 79
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 83
Web Exercises	p. 84
Guided Projects	p. 87
Language Creating	p. 87
Conversation Partnering	p. 87
Writing and Literacy	p. 88
Reading	p. 88
"Spelling Shinzwani: Dictionary Construction and Orthographic Choice in the Comoro Islands"	p. 88
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 98
Practice with Languages	p. 99
Japanese	p. 99
Web Exercises	p. 100
Guided Projects	p. 103
Language Creating	p. 103
Conversation Partnering	p. 103
How (and When) is Language Possible?	p. 104
Reading	p. 104
"Shintiri: The Secret Language of the Comoro Islands"	p. 104
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 108
Web Exercises	p. 110
Guided Projects	p. 113
Language Creating	p. 113
Conversation Partnering	p. 113
Change and Choice	p. 114
Reading	p. 114
"English as an Official Language: The Nebraska Experience"	p. 114
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 120
Practice with Languages	p. 122
Reconstructing Proto-Polynesian	p. 122
Web Exercises	p. 125
Guided Projects	p. 129
Language Creating	p. 129
Conversation Partnering	p. 129
Doing Linguistic Anthropology	p. 130
Reading	p. 130
"Mock Spanish: A Site for the Indexical Reproduction of Racism in American English"	p. 130
Writing/Discussion Exercises	p. 151
Web Exercises	p. 153
Guided Projects	p. 156
Language Creating	p. 156
Conversation Partnering	p. 156
Credits	p. 157
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