Alice Mitchell

List of John Benjamins publications in which Alice Mitchell is involved.

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Anthropological Linguistics: Perspectives from Africa

Edited by Andrea Hollington, Alice Mitchell and Nico Nassenstein

This collection presents new research on key topics in anthropological linguistics, with a focus on African languages. While Africanist linguists have long been concerned with sociocultural aspects of language structure and use, no comprehensive volume dedicated to the anthropological linguistics… read more

[Culture and Language Use, 23] 2024. xiii, 485 pp. | open access

Articles

Mitchell, Alice and Nicola Zimmermann 2024 Chapter 4. Mouths, tongues, and ears: Source concepts for ‘language’ across Africa Anthropological Linguistics: Perspectives from Africa, Hollington, Andrea, Alice Mitchell and Nico Nassenstein (eds.), pp. 83–103 | Chapter

This paper investigates words for ‘language’ and their possible source concepts in 130 African languages. Radden (2001) noted that words for ‘language’ almost always draw on more basic meanings and proposed a metonymic chain from (i) speech organs to (ii) speaking as activity to (iii) speech as… read more

Nassenstein, Nico, Alice Mitchell and Andrea Hollington 2024 Chapter 1. Introduction Anthropological Linguistics: Perspectives from Africa, Hollington, Andrea, Alice Mitchell and Nico Nassenstein (eds.), pp. 1–28 | Chapter

The study of African languages, cultural practices and speakers’ conceptualizations is complex and multilayered. This introductory chapter provides an overview of the goals and scope of the volume. It also offers a short historical survey of anthropological linguistics as well as some… read more