Ahearn s textbook is comprehensive and engaging, presenting cogent summaries of key research alongside accessible introductions to contemporary theory, with useful guides for further study.
P. Kerim Friedman, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
A commendable update of an already outstanding textbook especially appreciated is the engagement with our contemporary pandemic moment and with the ways of speaking that attempt to make sense of it.
Anthony K. Webster, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
Accessible, comprehensive, and updated with a section on current online communicative practices, Ahearn s Living Language remains the best introduction to linguistic anthropology I have read.
Lavanya Murali, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Lawrence University
Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology has introduced thousands of students to the engaging and compelling field of linguistic anthropology. Now in a new, fully updated and revised third edition, this bestselling textbook provides a student-friendly exploration of language as a social and cultural practice. Covering both theory and real-world interactions, this clear and highly accessible textbook examines the relationship between language and social context while highlighting the advantages of an ethnographic approach to the study of language.
In this important work, author Laura M. Ahearn combines classic work and contemporary studies to help readers understand key elements of linguistic anthropology, while also considering future research directions in the field. Fully updated throughout, this edition includes a timely new chapter that investigates how technologies such as social media and online meetings have changed language and transformed communicative interactions. The new edition also considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on linguistic practices, ensuring that this text will be a valuable resource for students for years to come. Throughout the text, compelling and relatable cases illustrate the relevance of linguistic anthropology in an increasingly globalized world and explain how language use can be studied as a form of social action.
Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology, Third Edition, is the perfect textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in introductory linguistic anthropology as well as related courses in sociolinguistics, sociology, and communication.
“Ahearn’s textbook is comprehensive and engaging, presenting cogent summaries of key research alongside accessible introductions to contemporary theory, with useful guides for further study.”
―P. Kerim Friedman, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
“A commendable update of an already outstanding textbook–especially appreciated is the engagement with our contemporary pandemic moment and with the ways of speaking that attempt to make sense of it.”
―Anthony K. Webster, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
“Accessible, comprehensive, and updated with a section on current online communicative practices, Ahearn’s Living Language remains the best introduction to linguistic anthropology I have read.”
―Lavanya Murali, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Lawrence University
Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology has introduced thousands of students to the engaging and compelling field of linguistic anthropology. Now in a new, fully updated and revised third edition, this bestselling textbook provides a student-friendly exploration of language as a social and cultural practice. Covering both theory and real-world interactions, this clear and highly accessible textbook examines the relationship between language and social context while highlighting the advantages of an ethnographic approach to the study of language.
In this important work, author Laura M. Ahearn combines classic work and contemporary studies to help readers understand key elements of linguistic anthropology, while also considering future research directions in the field. Fully updated throughout, this edition includes a timely new chapter that investigates how technologies such as social media and online meetings have changed language and transformed communicative interactions. The new edition also considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on linguistic practices, ensuring that this text will be a valuable resource for students for years to come. Throughout the text, compelling and relatable cases illustrate the relevance of linguistic anthropology in an increasingly globalized world and explain how language use can be studied as a form of social action.
Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology, Third Edition, is the perfect textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in introductory linguistic anthropology as well as related courses in sociolinguistics, sociology, and communication.
About the Author
Laura M. Ahearn is a linguistic and cultural anthropologist who has conducted research in Nepal on agency, language, and changing marriage practices. Formerly a tenured professor at Rutgers University, she is currently a Senior Learning Advisor at Social Impact, a global development management consulting firm, where she studies and supports the implementation of USAID’s Digital Development Strategy. She is the author of Invitations to Love: Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal.
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