03229nam 22006255 450 991033771230332120240509025204.09783030037390303003739810.1007/978-3-030-03739-0(CKB)4100000007223521(MiAaPQ)EBC5615404(DE-He213)978-3-030-03739-0(Perlego)3492181(EXLCZ)99410000000722352120181214d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCultural Meanings and Social Institutions Social Organization Through Language /by David R. Heise1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,2019.1 online resource (130 pages) illustrationsPalgrave Pivot9783030037383 303003738X Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1. Language and Social Institutions -- Chapter 2. Analyzing Meanings of Identities -- Chapter 3. Dictionary Meanings of Identities -- Chapter 4. Contextual Meanings of Identities -- Chapter 5. Associative Meanings of Identities -- Chapter 6. Types of Meaning Compared -- Chapter 7. Meanings and Institutional Domains.Employing three methods of assessing meaning, this book demonstrates that the thousands of human identities in English coalesce into groups that are recognizable as role sets in the contemporary social institutions of economy, kinship, religion, polity, law, education, medicine, sport, and arts. After establishing a theoretical and a methodological framework for his empirical work, David Heise presents the results obtained when meanings are assessed via dictionary definitions, collocates, and word associations. A close comparison of the results reveals that similar outcomes are obtained through each of these three different approaches of defining meaning. The final chapter summarizes the study, considers the benefits and limitations of studying society via language, and applies the results to describing how individuals operate social institutions via their daily social interactions. Aspects of this book will be of interest to social psychologists, sociologists, and linguists.Palgrave pivot.Social sciencesPhilosophySociologySociologyMethodologyCultureSocial TheorySociological TheorySociological MethodsSociology of CultureSocial sciencesPhilosophy.Sociology.SociologyMethodology.Culture.Social Theory.Sociological Theory.Sociological Methods.Sociology of Culture.306306.44Heise David Rauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut119758BOOK9910337712303321Cultural Meanings and Social Institutions2500728UNINA