 The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-631-22841-7
Hardcover
336 pages
December 2002, Wiley-Blackwell
US $119.95
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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.
* 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.
