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1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Pragmatics & beyond,
0922-842X ;
new ser., v. 109
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 109.
0922-842X
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index. |
Contents |
Language, Social Structure, and Culture; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Transcription conventions; Abbreviations in transcripts; Chapter 1. Preliminaries; Chapter 2. A closer look at genre and related concepts; Chapter 3. Regularities at the level of interaction; Chapter 4. Regularities at the level of discourse; Chapter 5. Regularities at the level of grammar; Chapter 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; The series PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES. |
Summary |
Comparing Japanese and American interaction, Language, Social Structure, and Culture argues that language use is instrumental in the construction of social structure and culture. In order to ground the work in empirical evidence, verbal interaction in similar situations - Japanese and American cooking classes - is compared. Unlike other studies of verbal interaction, a genre analysis approach is used to examine regular patterns at three levels of language use: interaction, discourse, and grammar. Collectively, these patterns exhibit both similarities and differences across the classes in the t. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- Comparative method.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Social interaction -- Japan.
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Social interaction. |
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Japan. |
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Social interaction -- United States.
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United States. |
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Cooking schools.
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Cooking schools. |
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Mayes, Patricia. Language, social structure, and culture. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2003 902725351X 9789027253514 (DLC) 2002034193 (OCoLC)50717715 |
ISBN |
9789027296764 (electronic book) |
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9027296766 (electronic book) |
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902725351X (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027253514 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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1588113469 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781588113467 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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