Re: Language & Culture
Toby Cockcroft (hegeman@wchat.on.ca)
Tue, 12 Nov 1996 01:03:22 -0400
In article <3284ADFD.37C0@deltanet.com>, "D. Sadler" <dds@deltanet.com> wrote:
>My husband and I were discussing how language and culture affect each
other. We could think of many valid (we
>think) examples of how culture affects language but could not think of
any specific examples of how culture is
>affected by language.
>
>Are we wrong in thinking that culture can be affected by language? Can
anyone offer any ideas, thoughts, or
>examples of this concept?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Diep Sadler
>dds@deltanet.com
>
>p.s. When you reply, could you also shoot me an email with your
repsonse? My news server is not very
>reliable.
If you would like some references in order to do some searching here are
some titles you should look up.
Giglioli, Pier Paolo
1972, Language and Social Context. Penguin Books (this is a really good
collection of works by some of the top linguists ever)
Holland, Dorothy and Naomi Quinn
1987, Cultural Models in Language and Thought. Cambridge; Cambridge
University Press
Lindstrom, Lamont
1990, Knowledge and Power: in a South Pacific Society. Washington D.C.,
Smithsonian Institution Press (this is a good one on how discourse,
talking, helps organise ad form society)
Romaine, Suzanne
1994, Language in Society: an Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Oxford;
Oxford University Press (this one is allright but not the best of the lot)
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Toby R. G. Cockcroft MA (in progress)
Dept. Of Anthropology
Univerity of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
Canada
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