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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Language and Culture (Oxford Introductions to Language Study) List Price: $15.75 Amazon.com's Price: $14.17 You Save: $1.58 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 428 EAN: 9780194372145 ISBN: 0194372146 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 134 Publication Date: 1998-09 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Recent social and political changes have focused attention on the debate about the relationship between language and culture. This book offers an accessible survey of key concepts such as social context and cultural authenticity, using insights from fields which include linguistics, sociology and anthropology. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great introductory textA volume of the Oxford Introduction to Language Study series, Kramsch has written a delightful little book. There are seven chapters covering current issues in the field followed by readings, references, and a glossary. Besides its brevity and well designed layout this book also excels at clarity. Many authors try to say the same thing but in far too many words. Kramsch has managed to write a book that is an asset to the series. There is nothing new or startling in the contents ... Read More Rating: - Read her previous one firstThis intro. to culture is an excellent distillation of language and culture, suited especially for anyone who has read her previous book published by Oxford Univ. Press CONTEXT AND CULTURE. Context and Culture (C&C)has many illuminating examples from literature, speech and and media. Kramsch writes densely--every word counts--and readers will find that there is always something new to learn on every reading. It's no surprise that Widdowson, remarkable for his incredibly tight prose, was her editor. Kramsch ... Read More Rating: - a dense but well written introduction to the subject.I have been reading three books in the "Oxford Introduction to Language Study" series and to be honest I found Kramsch' book a bit less accessible than Spolsky's "Sociolinguistics" whose style was somewhat more fluent. This said, the book is still an excellent introduction to the subject. Readers should be aware that it is in the nature of an 80 page survey to condense matters (just imagine the huge amount of literature that has been written on the subject). However, students should also be aware that the terminology ... Read More Rating:  - From frustrated International Teaching AssistantI really do not understand the purpose of the book "Language and Culture" by Claire Kramsch. The author takes some rather basic ideas and obscures them with complicated terms that no one in the world except for some (to general public unknown) anthropologists care about. I understand these ideas - most of them are simple e.g., that a foreign student with a good comprehension of English can still misunderstand a text because of an unfamiliarity with the culture. But why should I as an engineering student, ... Read More 
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