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Publication details [#5649]

Kochman, Thomas. 1981. Black and white styles in conflict. University of Chicago Press. 177 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
black | boasting | bragging | classroom conversation | communicative style | interethnic context | threatening | truthfulness | woofing

Annotation

K. discusses problems of interethnic communication between American whites and blacks. Differences of discourse style are analyzed with reference to male and female interaction, classroom interaction, various specific linguistic activities (verbal fighting, boasting and bragging), and aspects of truth and information and the attached value system.

Reviewed by

Reisman, Karl. 1983. Review of T.Kochman (1981: `Black and white styles in conflict').

Reprints

Kochman, Thomas. 1990. Force fields in Black and White communication. In Carbaugh, Donal. Communication rules in `Donahue' discourse. In : 119–149. : 193–217.