Muriel Saville-Troike

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The Ethnography of Communication (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction

Beschreibung

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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Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470758229
• Artikelnr.: 38210129

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