Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XI
4. Chapter 1. Finding a mold for a general theory - Toward a methodological fusion of the sociocultural and cognitive dimensions of language 1
5. Chapter 2. Man's sociocultural capacities and the essence of ethnic identity - Language as a variable in processes of identification 11
6. Chapter 3. The world of signs and symbols - The interpretation of human relations in the real world by means of language and other sign systems 41
7. Chapter 4. Communicative competence and the processing of meaning - The cognitive dimension of language 100
8. Chapter 5. Interaction and the production of speech - The sociocultural dimension of language 148
9. Chapter 6. Human relations in community life - The reflection of cultural patterns in language and linguistic structures 181
10. Chapter 7. Principles of language and structural resources of natural languages - Elements of a bioprogram of linguistic diversity 243
11. Bibliography 292
12. Subject Index 305
13. Index of Names 310
14. Backmatter 313