Discourse Strategies

(Part of the Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics Series)

by John J. Gumperz

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To understand the role of language in public life and the social process in general, we need first a closer understanding of how linguistic knowledge and social factors interact in discourse interpretation. This volume is a major advance towards that understanding. Professor Gumperz here synthesizes fundamental research on communication from a wide variety of disciplines - linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology and non-verbal communication -...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521288967

ISBN13:9780521288965

Release Date:September 1982

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.71 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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Conversation Education & Reference Etiquette Foreign Language Study & Reference Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Movements & Periods Postmodernism Words, Language & Grammar

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