ANT 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: John J. Gumperz, Noam Chomsky, William Labov
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Speech and language communities: speech community, community of practice, speech area, speech network. Even the structural linguist, ferdinand de saussure, who had no interest in language in its social context. Noam chomsky: linguistic theory is concerned primarily with an ideal speaker- listener, in a completely homogeneous speech-community . Speech community isn"t based on agreements, social norms. Frequent interaction by means of a shared body of verbal signs. People set apart socially from others may be set apart linguistically, too. Clear understanding of membership in a social or linguistic community: speech community. The concept of speech community has been central feature of linguistic anthropology: unit of analysis: what you are analyzing in your study. Linguistic anthropologists have struggled to agree on a definition: frequent interaction, share a verbal repertoire, share social norms. A community of practice is a group of people who come together around mutual engagement in an endeavor.
