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Ottenheimer's authoritative yet approachable introduction to the field's methodology, skills, techniques, tools, and applications emphasizes the kinds of questions that anthropologists ask about language and the kinds of questions that intrigue students. The text brings together the key areas of linguistic anthropology, addressing issues of power, race, gender, and class throughout. Further stressing the everyday relevance of the text material, Ottenheimer includes "In the Field" vignettes that draw you in to the chapter material via stories culled from her own and others' experiences, as well as "Doing Linguistic Anthropology" and "Cross-Language Miscommunication" features that describe real-life applications of text concepts.
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"The writing style is one of the greatest strengths of this book. The author hits all the key terms needed for an introductory linguistic anthropology course, and her writing style is accessible, engaging, and at times quite humorous. I especially appreciate her ability to inject humor into some rather dry structural linguistic topics."

"I find Ottenheimer's The Anthropology of Language an extremely useful textbook as a very accessible introduction to linguistic anthropology for lower-division undergraduates. Its range and depth strikes a good balance for those first being introduced to an anthropological approach to language."

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Harriet Joseph Ottenheimer, professor emeritus of anthropology at Kansas State University, received a B.A. at Bennington College and a Ph.D. at Tulane University. She has taught linguistic anthropology for over 30 years. Her research interests include music, language, and other creative and performative expressions, particularly in African American and African cultures. In addition to extended periods of field research in New Orleans and the Comoro Islands, Dr. Ottenheimer has traveled and lectured widely throughout many other parts of the world. She has special interests in blues, autobiography, transcription, dictionary construction, fieldwork ethics, and ethnicity. Among her publications are COUSIN JOE: BLUES FROM NEW ORLEANS (with Pleasant "Cousin Joe" Joseph), a blues singer's autobiography; THE HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE COMORO ISLANDS (with Martin Ottenheimer), an encyclopedia; MUSIC OF THE COMORO ISLANDS: DOMONI (also with Martin Ottenheimer), in vinyl, cassette, and CD formats; and SHINZWANI-ENGLISH/ENGLISH-SHINZWANI DICTIONARY, a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary. She has taught at the University of New Orleans, at Charles University in Prague (on a visiting Fulbright appointment), and at Kansas State University. At KSU she was the founding director of the interdisciplinary American Ethnic Studies Program, teaching introductory and advanced courses in that program, as well as in cultural and linguistic anthropology. Dr. Ottenheimer has received the Kansas State University President's Award for Distinguished Service to Minority Education, and the Charles Irby Award for Distinguished Service to the National Association for Ethnic Studies. She has served as president of the National Association for Ethnic Studies and the Central States Anthropological Association. She speaks five languages: English, Spanish, French, Russian, and Shinzwani. She is attempting to learn to speak and read Czech.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cengage Learning; 3rd edition (January 1, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 111182875X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1111828752
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.38 x 0.94 x 9.13 inches
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great find for my college stident
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    If you like to study languages like me (I have taught myself how to speak Mandarin and Korean on a fluent conversational level) then you'll love this book. Its incredibly informative in that what you need to learn about languages is finally put down into words that are easy to understand and apply. As a language tutor, I found that reading this book helped me to explain concepts easier. Especially when it comes to teaching your student how to look at every language like a new beginning and stop bringing the grammatical baggage that English native speakers always bring to learning new languages. This book is clear and concise and you will learn a lot about your native language as well as your second, third, and (if you are awesome) fourth language as well as give you the tools to pursue another language. :D
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    This was a very great book!! Very helpful and informative! When paired with the workbook it is even more useful because even though the workbook URLs are outdated (some) the book, for the most part, actually helps you to develop an answer.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars well written and worth your time
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    Dr. Ottenheimer has live. a life full of adventure and scholasticism. In this new addition, she implements her vast knowledge of linguistic anthropology and culture for the benefit of her readers. We're taken alongside her many voyages abroad and stateside within as a means of conveying the many concepts that linguistic anthropology encompasses. Her ability to convey and humanize such topics is truly unparalleled.
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    I needed this book for school and decided to try out the Kindle Edition. Well I was glad that I did! Cutting and pasting for my notes, highlighting and book marking really made it very convenient. Plus it was directly on my tablet versus a book that I would later have to worry about storing or selling. The content of the book was excellent and I loved reading the stories that the author includes. It helps to tie the content together into real life events to get a better understanding of the subject. I highly recommend this book for it's content, but especially in the Kindle Edition format.
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    Constantly refers to this text book as ‘brief description’ and constantly refers back to $132 workbook/reader. Author introduction gives the impression they do not think highly of students by using very basic student quotes. Very interesting subject, but I’m only on chapter 2 and already of the pushing of supplementary products.
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    I had to drop this class, but I like this book. I did not know Anthropology study language as well. I will take this Anthropology Lingustics again in the near future. Some of the terms takes time to absorb , but keep reading and finding examples of the terms will help understand the study of language.
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    The copy of this text has the critical thinking and problem sets removed from it. Cengage has instead left a note stating, that as the publisher, they felt these sections were unimportant to the reader and have omitted them. This is definitely a textbook, not a very good textbook, and the work sections removed make this a WORTHLESS textbook. Instead Cengage offers an electronic rental from their website in which they offer the complete book. If this is for a class, and you are expected to work from this book, DO NOT RENT and DO NOT BUY the kindle version.
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