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Linguistic Anthropology: Overview

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SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Encompasses sociology and all its sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.

JSTOR Linguistic Anthropology
Find decades of research specific to linguistic anthropology; good resource for history of the topic, not current findings.
Nature Language and Linguistics
Find the latest research on language and the role it plays in our society; search by keyword to find resources in all journals from Nature.

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Living Language by Laura M. Ahearn
Publication Date: 2017
Introduces the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world through the contemporary theory and practice of linguistic anthropology.
Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology by Zdenek Salzmann; James Stanlaw; Nobuko Adachi
Publication Date: 2015
Comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology.

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