How do culture and language correspond? How does language work, and how do languages vary? An expert linguist and anthropologist addresses these and related issues in a highly readable examination of language within the contexts of thought, historical process, race, culture, and art. Topics include a discussion of "drift," or the processes of language change.
How do culture and language correspond? How does language work, and how do languages vary? An expert linguist and anthropologist addresses these and related issues in a highly readable examination of language within the contexts of thought, historical process, race, culture, and art. Topics include a discussion of "drift," or the processes of language change.
Preface 1. Introductory: language defined 2. The elements of speech 3. The sounds of language 4. Form in language: grammatical processes 5. Form in language: grammatical concepts 6. Types of linguistic structure 7. Language as a historical product: drift 8. Language as a historical product: phonetic law 9. How languages influence each other 10. Language, race, and culture 11. Language and literature Index.
Preface 1. Introductory: language defined 2. The elements of speech 3. The sounds of language 4. Form in language: grammatical processes 5. Form in language: grammatical concepts 6. Types of linguistic structure 7. Language as a historical product: drift 8. Language as a historical product: phonetic law 9. How languages influence each other 10. Language, race, and culture 11. Language and literature Index.
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