Saville-Troike, Muriel
The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction
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.
Keywords: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics LAN009000
- Author(s)
- Saville-Troike, Muriel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2003
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 3
- Series
- Language in Society
- Page amount
- 325 pages
- Category
- Languages
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780470758229
- Printed ISBN
- 9780631228417
