The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction
Book Details
Author(s)Muriel Saville-Troike
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN063122842X
ISBN-139780631228424
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,305,461
CategoryLanguage Arts & Disciplines
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures.
- Presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work.
- Draws on insights from social anthropology and psycholinguistics in investigating the patterning of communicative behavior in specific cultural settings.
- Includes two completely new chapters on contrasts in patterns of communication and on politeness, power, and politics.
- Incorporates a broad range of examples and illustrations from many languages and cultures for analyzing patterns of communicative phenomena.
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