The Function of Proverbs in Discourse: The Case of a Mexican Transnational Social Network

by Elías Domínguez Barajas

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: Walter de Gruyter
• 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