Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking

By Joel Sherzer

Book Overview

First published in 1974, this collection of classic case studies in the ethnography of speaking had a formative influence on the field. No other volume has so successfully provided a broad, cross-cultural survey of the use, role, and function of language and speech in everyday life. The essays deal with: traditional societies in Native North, Middle, and South America, Africa, and Oceania; English, French, and Yiddish speaking communities in Europe and North America; Afro-American communities in North America and the Caribbean. Now reissued, the collection includes a major new Introduction by the editors that traces the subsequent development of the ethnography of speaking and indicates directions for further research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521379334
• ISBN13: 9780521379335
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 8.5"