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The Ethnography of Communication

An Introduction

Muriel Saville-Troike (University of Arizona)

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English
Wiley-Blackwell
29 November 2002
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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Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Height: 237mm,  Width: 158mm,  Spine: 31mm
Weight:   626g
ISBN:   9780631228417
ISBN 10:   0631228411
Series:   Language in Society
Pages:   336
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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).

Reviews for The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction

This third edition of The Ethnography of Communication is a real treasure. For someone new to linguistic anthropology in general, or to the ethnography of communication in particular, it provides a thorough and accessible introduction to the basic contents and concepts, vocabulary, methodologies and theories of contemporary research in the intertwined topics of language and culture. For others, it is a refresher course and a briefing on the progress of the past couple of decades... a thoughtful and important work. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development If you read one book on the ethnography of communication, read this one. Its coverage of what has been a major area of study for scholars in sociolinguistics, communication, and linguistic anthropology for the past three decades is comprehensive, insightful, and, in this third edition, completely brought up to currency with developments in the field. Ron Scollon, Georgetown University This is a fine introductory text and an excellent reference volume as well. In short, it is a first-rate work by a world-class scholar. TESOL Quarterly The Ethnography of Communication more than meets the pointed criteria for a good textbook. In addition, it is well written, interesting, and enlightening. Language and Social Psychology


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