Classic case studies surveying the use, role and function of language and speech in social life.

Explorations in Japanese Sociolinguistics provides a treasure of information on the Japanese language and the social and cultural system it has developed and is

The collection demonstrates the ways in which established traditions and scholars have come together under the umbrella of linguistic ethnography to explore imp

The field of linguistic anthropology looks at human uniqueness and diversity through the lens of language, our species' special combination of art and instinct.