Language Culture and Society

<p>Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Over seven editions many have turned to <i>Language Culture and Society </i>for answers to questions like these because of its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology. This eighth edition carries on the legacy while addressing some of the newer pressing and exciting challenges of the twenty-first century such as issues of language and power language ideology linguistic diasporas as well as online and digital ecosystems. New to this edition are a reconceptualization of how linguistics approaches race gender and sexuality with additional chapters and sections on how linguistics benefits archaeology and biological anthropology as well as considerations of the relationship between language and truth ethics and war and politics. It also features enhanced and updated pedagogical features such as learning objectives updated resources for continued learning and cross-references to updated encyclopedias of linguistic anthropology.</p>