Speaking Culturally

Language Diversity in the United States

• Author(s): Fern L. Johnson,
• Publisher: SAGE
• Pages: 365
• ISBN_10: 0803959125
  ISBN_13: 9780803959125
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Parenting / Single Parent , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Research ,

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In Speaking Culturally Fern Johnson probes the rich cultural legacies and deep cultural dimensions underlying discourse in the United States. This culturally rich examination of discourse places the changing demographics of the United States in linguistic perspective and draws upon the author's "language-centered perspective on culture" to illuminate the discourses associated with gender and with African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Language is placed in the context of the histories, multiplicities, and cultural themes influencing its users.