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Publication details [#27158]

Burke, Peter. 1993. The art of conversation. Polity Press. viii + 178 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | ethnography of speaking | history | language and society | power

Annotation

This book which introduces a programme for a social history of communication, discusses the following themes: language varieties used by different social groups; registers and code-switching; ways in which language reflects society and language as an active force in society.

Reviewed by

Fiksdal, Susan. 1996. Review of $The art of conversation.

Craig, Robert T. 1994. Review of $The art of conversation.