Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Section One: Introductory -- Introduction -- Section Two: Human Communication -- Paralinguistic Behavior as Continuity Between Animal and Human Communication -- A Consideration of Language Acquisition Rates and Possible Interspecies Relationships -- Domestic Animal Calling in a Berber Tribe -- Infant Vocalization: Communication Before Speech -- Early Language Learning: A Sociolinguistic Approach -- Section Three: Language Acquisition -- The Role of Social Context in Language Acquisition -- Reading and Stages of Language Acquisition -- Competence in English-Language Learning by American Indian Monolinguals and Bilinguals -- Linguistic Universals in Anthropological Studies of Bilingualism -- Implications of Language Contact for Bilingual Language Acquisition -- Studies in Language Switching and Mixing -- Section Four: Mixing and Sequencing -- Nonverbal Components in Message Sequence: "Mixed Syntax" -- Linguistic and Kinesic Correlations in Code Switching -- Language, Motion in Paralanguage, and Body the Structure of Conversation -- A Study of Interaction Markers in Conversational Spanish -- Components of Interaction in the Negotiation of a Definition of the Situation -- Section Five: Language and the Science of Man -- Analysis of a Culture Through Its Culturemes: Theory and Method -- Sociolinguistic Considerations on Psychosocial Socialization: The Beginnings of a Theory of Verbalization -- The Contribution of Romanian Cultural-Linguistic Anthropology to the Complex Study of Modern Populations -- Section Six: Discussion -- Summary of Discussion -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects