Michael Silverstein
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Michael Silverstein is a professor of anthropology, linguistics, and psychology at the University of Chicago. He has studied Indigenous Australian languages and Indigenous American languages.
He is an important figure in linguistic pragmatics. He has made significant contributions in the areas of linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, indexicality, metapragmatics, and language ideology.
[edit] References
- Silverstein, Michael (1976). "Hierarchy of Features and Ergativity". Grammatical Categories in Australian Languages: 112-171.
- Silverstein, Michael (1981). "Case-marking and the Nature of Language". Australian Journal of Linguistics: 227-244.
- Silverstein, Michael (with Greg Urban) (1996). Natural Histories of Discourse. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0822334747.
- Silverstein, Michael (2003). Talking Politics: The Substance of Style from Abe to "W". New York: Prickly Paradigm Press. ISBN 0971757550.
- Silverstein, Michael (2005). Unwrapping the Sacred Bundle: Reflections on the Disciplining of Anthropology. New York: Duke University Press. ISBN 0822334747.
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