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Seldom ask, never tell : labor and discourse in Appalachia /
Puckett takes a new look at the relationship between language, society, and economics, by examining how people talk about work in a rural Appalachian community. Through analysis of conversations in casual yet commercial contexts, she finds that the construction and maintenance of this discourse is e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;
25. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Puckett takes a new look at the relationship between language, society, and economics, by examining how people talk about work in a rural Appalachian community. Through analysis of conversations in casual yet commercial contexts, she finds that the construction and maintenance of this discourse is essential to socio-economic relationships. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429403713 9781429403719 9786610528615 6610528616 1280528613 9781280528613 0195356152 9780195356151 |