TY - BOOK AU - Dimmendaal,Gerrit J. TI - Nurturing Language: Anthropological Linguistics in an African Context T2 - Anthropological Linguistics [AL] , SN - 9783110727029 U1 - 306.44096 23/eng/20230404 PY - 2022///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - Afrika KW - Anthropologische Linguistik KW - Interkulturelle Kommunikation KW - Kognitive Anthropologie KW - Symbolische Anthropologie KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh KW - Anthropological Linguistics KW - Intercultural Communication, Cognitive Anthropology KW - Symbolic Anthropology N1 - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; List of figures --; List of pictures --; List of maps --; List of tables --; List of abbreviations --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Lexical semantics and the contribution of cognitive anthropology --; 3 Lexical semantics and the contribution of cognitive linguistics --; 4 Spatial orientation --; 5 Language and habitual thought --; 6 Onomastics --; 7 The ethnography of communication --; 8 The contribution of interactional sociolinguistics --; 9 Emotions and the sounds of silence in a cross-cultural perspective --; 10 Cultural conceptions of face --; 11 Conversation analysis --; 12 Non-verbal communication --; Appendices --; Appendix I: Kinship terminology in Tima (Schneider-Blum and Veit 2022) --; Appendix II: Colour chart as used in Tornay (1978) --; Appendix III: Politeness strategies (Brown and Levinson 1987) --; Appendix IV: Transcriptional symbols in conversation analysis --; References --; Subject index --; Language index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This monograph introduces students and scholars in linguistics, anthropology, and intercultural communication to anthropological linguistics, with a special focus on Africa. Among the topics addressed are semantic fields such as kinship or colour terminology, spatial orientation, linguistic relativity and the link between language and cognition, onomastics, the ethnography of communication, interactional sociolinguistics, emotions, (im)politeness strategies, conversation analysis, and non-verbal communication UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110726633 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110726633 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110726633/original ER -