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Bauman, Richard and Joel Sherzer, eds. 1974. Explorations in the ethnography of speaking. Cambridge University Press. vii + 501 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
ethnography of speaking | everyday conversation | function | language use
Language as a subject
English | English, African American | French | Yiddish

Annotation

This collection of classic case studies in the ethnography of speaking offers a broad, cross-cultural overview of the use, role, and function of everyday language and speech. The essays deal with: English, French, and Yiddish speaking communities in Europe and North America; Afro-American communities in North America and the Caribbean: and traditional societies in Native North, Middle, and South America, Africa, and Oceania.

Articles in this volume

Sankoff, Gillian. A quantitative paradigm for the study of communicative competence. 18–49
Jackson, Jean. Language identity of the Colombian Vaupés Indians. 50–64
Fox, James J. 'Our ancestors spoke in pairs': Rotinese views of language, dialect and code. 65–91
Philips, Susan Urmston. Warm Springs 'Indian time': How the regulation of participation affects the progression of events. 92–109
Reisman, Karl. Contrapuntal conversations in an Antiguan village. 110–124
Keenan, Elinor Ochs. Norm-makers, norm-breakers: Uses of speech by men and women in a Malagasy community. 125–143
Bauman, Richard. Speaking in the light: The role of the Quaker minister. 144–160
Irvine, Judith T. Strategies of status manipulation in the Wolof greeting. 167–191
Salmond, Anne. Rituals of encounter among the Maori: Sociolinguistic study of a scene. 192–212
Stross, Brian. Speaking of speaking: Tenejapa Tzeltal metalinguistics. 213–239
Abrahams, Roger D. Black talking on the streets. 240–262
Sherzer, Joel. 'Namakke', 'Sunmakke', 'Kormakke': Three types of Cuna speech event. 263–282
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara. The concept and varieties of narrative performance in East European Jewish culture. 283–314
Darnell, Regna. Correlates of Cree narrative performance. 315–336
Sacks, Harvey. An analysis of the course of a joke's telling in conversation. 337–353
Foster, Michael K. When words become deeds: An analysis of three Iroquois Longhouse speech events. 354–367
Bricker, Victoria R. The ethnographic context of some traditional Mayan speech genres. 368–388
Gossen, Gary H. To speak with a heated heart: Chamula canons of style and good performance. 389–418
Grimshaw, Allen D. Data and data use in an analysis of communicative events. 419–424
Basso, Keith H. The ethnography of writing. 425–432
Hymes, Dell H. Ways of speaking. 433–451

Reviewed by

Blount, Ben G. 1977. Review of $Explorations in the ethnography of speaking.
Watson-Gegeo, Karen Ann. 1976. Review of $Explorations in the ethnography of speaking.