Language and Material Culture

Language and Material Culture
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9789027267948
ISBN-13 : 9027267944
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Book Synopsis Language and Material Culture by : Allison Paige Burkette

Download or read book Language and Material Culture written by Allison Paige Burkette and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative and provocative work introduces complexity theory and its application to both the study of language and the study of material culture. The book begins with a wide-ranging theoretical background, covering the areas of dialect geography, the anthropological study of material culture, and a general introduction to the study of complex adaptive systems. Following this general introduction, the principles of complexity theory are demonstrated in data drawn from linguistics and material culture studies. Language and Material Culture further highlights the principles of complexity through a series of case studies, using data from the Linguistic Atlas, colonial American inventories and the Historic American Building Survey. LMC shows that language and material culture are intertwined as they interact within the same cultural complex system. The book is designed for students in courses that focus on language variation, American English and material culture, in addition to general courses on applications of complex systems.


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