Applying sociolinguistics : domains and face-to-face interaction /

Diana Boxer's Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and Face-to-Face Interaction is an up-to-date overview of discourse studies in oral interaction. Its focus is on encounters in the various spheres of life: family, educational, social, religious, and work, with an additional chapter on cross-cult...

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Main Author: Boxer, Diana, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2002
Series:Impact, studies in language and society ; 15.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Diana Boxer's Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and Face-to-Face Interaction is an up-to-date overview of discourse studies in oral interaction. Its focus is on encounters in the various spheres of life: family, educational, social, religious, and work, with an additional chapter on cross-cultural face-to-face interaction in these domains. Each chapter reviews current research in that specific domain, with particular attention to methodological issues. For example, in-depth explanations are offered to the reader on how the various approaches to studying face-to-face discourse (e.g. ethnograph.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index.
ISBN:9789027297624
9027297622
1282162055
9781282162051
ISSN:1385-7908 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.