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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Note on Transcription; 1. Introduction: ""I am just a simple man.""; 2. Possessive Constructions and Linguistic-Economics: ""Whose girl are you?""; 3. Participant Frameworks Indexed by Requesting Discourse: ""That's not right.""; 4. ""Volunteerins,"" Direct ""Askins,"" and Optional Uses of Nonimperative Requesting Discourse: ""You shouldn't have to ask for that.""; 7. ""Helpin Somebody Out"": Imperatives in Task Situations: ""Hey, Claude, hand me that rope.""; 8. ""Doin for Somebody"": Orders and Imperatives: ""You should a done this and you should a done that.""
- 9. Conclusion: ""The way we do things is different.""Appendix A: Participants; Appendix B: Summary of Daily Activities; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y