Language in Culture: Lectures on the Social Semiotics of Language

by Michael Silverstein

Language enables us to represent our world, rendering salient the identities, groups, and categories that constitute social life. Michael Silverstein (1945-2020) was at the forefront of the study of language in culture, and this book unifies a lifetime of his conceptual innovations in a set of seminal lectures. Focusing not just on what people say but how we say it, Silverstein shows how discourse unfolds in interaction. At the same time, he reveals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 100919884X
• ISBN13: 9781009198844
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"