The Function of Proverbs in Discourse: The Case of a Mexican Transnational Social Network
(Book #98 in the Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] Series)
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Grounded primarily in the ethnography of communication and aligned with the multidisciplinarity of discourse analysis, the book examines the use of proverbs in the daily life of a social network of Mexican-origin transnational families in Chicago and Michoac n, Mexico. Various and detailed analyses of actual proverb use reveal that proverbs in this particular population function as a highly contextualized communicative strategy that serves four...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3110224887
ISBN13:9783110224887
Release Date:March 2010
Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton
Length:197 Pages
Weight:1.01 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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