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"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."--Publisher description

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Language and Social Institutions -- Abstract -- Defining "Social Institution" -- Plan of the Report -- References -- Chapter 2 Analyzing Meanings of Identities -- Abstract -- Oxford Dictionary -- Collocates -- Word Associations -- References -- Chapter 3 Dictionary Meanings of Identities -- Abstract -- Economy -- Employees (PC23) -- Workers (PC 25) -- Organization Members (PC3) -- Comparison with Provisional Study -- Family -- Family Relations (PC9) -- Partners (PC27) -- Children (PC2) -- Sexual Identities (PC12) -- Comparison with Provisional Study -- Religion -- Religious Ideologues (PC6) -- Christians (PC13) -- Ceremonialists (PC26) -- Comparison with Provisional Study -- Polity -- Public Officials (PC16) -- Political Ideologues (PC17) -- Agents (PC7) -- Martial Roles (PC1) -- Comparison with Provisional Study -- Law -- Comparison with Provisional Study -- Education -- Comparison with Provisional Study -- Medicine -- Comparison with Provisional Study -- Sports -- Sports (PC8) -- Players (PC5) -- Arts -- Performing Arts (PC18) -- Females -- Women (PC4) -- Girls (PC19) -- Race -- Other Components -- PC10 -- PC11 -- PC15 -- PC22 -- Science -- References -- Chapter 4 Contextual Meanings of Identities -- Abstract -- Economy -- Commerce (PC11) -- Labor (PC6) -- Family -- Family (PC5) -- Caregiving (PC26) -- Religion -- Polity -- Party Politics (PC9) -- Government (PC13) -- Martial Roles (PC7) -- Law -- Education -- Education (PC1) -- Scholar (PC10) -- Medicine -- Sport -- Team Sports (PC6) -- Athletics (PC24) -- Arts -- Entertainment (PC17) -- Movies (PC28) -- Travel -- Quirks -- Animals (PC25) -- Food (PC14) -- Artifacts -- (PC20) -- (PC2) -- (PC3) -- (PC4) -- (PC8) -- (PC15) -- (PC16) -- (PC21) -- (PC22) -- Science -- References -- Chapter 5 Associative Meanings of Identities -- Abstract -- Economy.

"Surveying Cultures explores the traditional and the emerging methods used for surveying cultures. This volume is the first book to deal explicitly with cultural surveys and survey methodology, uniquely combing survey methods, anthropological studies, and psychometric theory. Including a list of highlights in each chapter, this resource introduces a theory of measurement for ethnographic studies that employs the consensus-as-culture model. As one of the first in methodology to accurately collect and decipher data on cultural norms and sentiments, this textbook is essential for students in this field of study"--Provided by publisher.

This essay presents theoretical constructs for characterizing the causal structure of social actions and developing a multi-level theory of action relating to accomplishment of goals via social organizations. Focal concepts include: action schemes, mobilization, internal and external fulfillments, power schemes, macroactions, effective actions, and purposeful actions. Additionally, an overview is provided of a methodological procedure for analyzing narratives in order to specify causal linkages among actions and thereby delineate action schemes. Some possibilities for future developments are noted.