Discourse Strategies

by John J. Gumperz

Book Overview

To understand the role of language in public life and the social process in general, we need first a closer understanding of how linguistic knowledge and social factors interact in discourse interpretation. This volume is a major advance towards that understanding. Professor Gumperz here synthesizes fundamental research on communication from a wide variety of disciplines - linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology and non-verbal communication -...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521288967
• ISBN13: 9780521288965
• Release Date: September 1982
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"