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Table of Contents:
In this Section: 1) Brief Table of Contents 2) Full Table of Contents     BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Form of the Message Chapter 3: Language and Cultural Meaning Chapter 4: Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication Chapter 5: Communicative Interactions Chapter 6: Digital Communications and Signed Languages Chapter 7: Learning Language Chapter 8: The Acquisition of Communicate Competence Chapter 9: Societal Segmentation and Linguistic Variation: Class and Race Chapter 10: Language and Gender Chapter 11: Multilingual Nations Chapter 12: Bilingual Communities Chapter 13: Language and Institutional Encounters       FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Introduction Speech Communities   Chapter 2: The Form of the Message Phonology: The Sounds of Language Morphology: The Structure of Words Syntax: The Structure of Sentences Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning Manual Language Nonverbal Communication   Chapter 3: Language and Cultural Meaning Foundations of Linguistic Anthropology Lexical and Cultural Categories Cultural Presupposition Extended and Transferred Meaning   Chapter 4: Contextual Components: Outline of an Ethnography of Communication Ethnography of Communication Settings Participants Topics and Goals Speech Acts Routines Narratives Chapter 5: Communicative Interactions Structural Properties of Conversation Conversational Postulates Directives Directives and Responses in Context Politeness Chapter 6: Digital Communications and Signed Languages Telephone Conversations Online Communication Signed Languages and Communicative Practices   Chapter 7: Learning Language Acquisition of Language Complex Grammars Comparative Evidence Some Universal Sequences Instructional Strategies Strategies in Other Societies Chapter 8: The Acquisition of Communicate Competence Acquiring Communicative Styles Learning Status and Role Learning Discourse   Chapter 9: Societal Segmentation and Linguistic Variation: Class and Race Social Stratification Caste Class Race   Chapter 10:Language and Gender Pronunciation Grammatical Variants Choices of Vocabulary Gender-Related Conversational Styles Language and Sexuality Images of Gender in Linguistic Form   Chapter 11: Multilingual Nations India Canada The United States   Chapter 12: Bilingual Communities Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism Linguistic Change Language Use in Bilingual Communities Bilingual Conversational Strategies Interethnic Miscommunication   Chapter 13: Language and Institutional Encounters Language Ideologies Language and Status Institutional Contexts Education Medical Encounters Legal Settings The Media

About the Author :
Nancy Bonvillain is a professor of anthropology and linguistics at Bard College at Simon's Rock. She is author of over twenty books on language, culture, and gender, including a series on Native American peoples. In her field work she studied the Mohawk and Navajo, and she has published a grammar and dictionary of the Akwesasne dialect of Mohawk. She received her PhD from Columbia University in 1972 and has taught at Columbia University, The New School, SUNY Purchase and Stonybrook, and Sarah Lawrence College.

Review :
“Motivating, captivating, and everything you can think of in an excellent book from cover to cover.”   - Desire Baloubi, Shaw University   “The chapter on the Ethnography of Communication is especially strong and lays the foundations for the rest of the book. I would not cut a thing from this book. The existing chapters are excellent .”   - Sean O'Neill, University of Oklahoma