August 2024
Intermediate to advanced
274 pages
9h 44m
English
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Setting the scene: Informal language learning and socialization in additional languages
Susanne Mohr
Lindsay Ferrara
1.1 At the crossroads of anthropological linguistics and additional language learning
Anthropological linguistics or linguistic anthropology1 aims to “examine the ways in which and the extent to which cultural aspects affect cross-linguistic diversity and language change” (Nassenstein and Völkel 2022: 3). Language is indeed an important part of culture, and cultural-historical factors impact cross-linguistic variation considerably (Enfield, Kockelman, and Sidnell 2014; Nassenstein and Völkel 2022). Culture and language are hence closely intertwined, even inseparable. This is especially evident in the phenomena examined ...
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