Subject index

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Part I: Theoretical orientations: The interaction of language and culture
7. Radical cultural difference: Anthropology's myth? 3
8. Culture, cognition, and grammar 25
9. Areal influence on grammaticalization 55
10. "Cultural scripts": A new approach to the study of cross-cultural communication 69
11. Language and cross-cultural communication 89
12. Communication disruptions: On benefits and disadvantages of language contact 103
13. Part II: Case studies: The manipulation of language in intercultural contact
14. European languages in African society and culture: A view on cultural authenticity 125
15. The context of language planning in Africa: An illustration with Nigeria 139
16. A prognosis for language management in the Third Republic 165
17. Revalorizing the autochthonous languages of Africa 181
18. Cultural variation in the interrelation of speech acts and turn-talking 205
19. Intercultural contact and communication in South-East Papua New Guinea 223
20. Towards an independent and ethnically pure Flanders 239
21. Subject index 255