Muriel Saville-Troike

Ethnography of Communication 3e

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Ethnography of Communication explores how and why language is used, and how its use varies in different cultures. In this now standard introduction to the subject, Muriel Saville-Troike 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. Drawing on insights from social anthropology and psycholinguistics and using examples from many languages and cultures, she builds a model that includes communication within the overall framework of cultural competence. This third edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the substantial contributions made in recent years to the development and application of the subject. It includes two completely new chapters on contrasts in patterns of communication and on politeness, power, and politics. The book now incorporates an even broader range of examples and illustrations for analyzing the patterns of communicative phenomena in the languages of the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780631228417
• ISBN-10: 0631228411
• Artikelnr.: 21653170

Autorenporträt

Muriel Saville-Troike is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Arizona. She is author of Bilingual Children (1975), Foundations for Teaching English as a Second Language (1976), A Guide to Culture in the Classroom (1978), and co-editor of Perspectives on Silence (with Deborah Tannen, 1985).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.

2. Basic Terms, Concepts, and Issues.

3. Varieties of Language.

4. The Analysis of Communicative Events.

5. Contrasts in Patterns of Communication.

6. Attitudes toward Communicative Performance.

7. Acquisition of Communicative Competence.

8. Politeness, Power, and Politics.

9. Conclusion.

References.

Index of Languages.

General Index.

Rezensionen

"This third edition of The Ethnography of Communication is areal treasure. For someone new to linguistic anthropology ingeneral, or to the ethnography of communication in particular, itprovides a thorough and accessible introduction to the basiccontents and concepts, vocabulary, methodologies and theories ofcontemporary research in the intertwined topics of language andculture. For others, it is a refresher course and a briefing on theprogress of the past couple of decades... a thoughtful andimportant work." Journal of Multilingual and MulticulturalDevelopment

"If you read one book on the ethnography of communication, readthis one. Its coverage of what has been a major area of study forscholars in sociolinguistics, communication, and linguisticanthropology for the past three decades is comprehensive,insightful, and, in this third edition, completely brought up tocurrency with developments in the field." Ron Scollon,Georgetown University

"This is a fine introductory text and an excellent referencevolume as well. In short, it is a first-rate work by a world-classscholar." TESOL Quarterly

"The Ethnography of Communication more than meets thepointed criteria for a good textbook. In addition, it is wellwritten, interesting, and enlightening." Language and SocialPsychology