Language, social structure, and culture : a genre analysis of cooking classes in Japan and America /

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Comparing Japanese and American interaction, Language, Social Structure, and Culture argues that language use is instrumental in the construction of social structure and culture. In order to ground the work in empirical evidence, verbal interaction in similar situations - Japanese and American cooki...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mayes, Patricia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2003.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 109.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics > Comparative method.
Social interaction > Japan.
Social interaction > United States.
Cooking schools.
Hotel management schools.
Sociolinguistique > Méthodologie comparative.
Interaction sociale > Japon.
Interaction sociale > États-Unis.
Écoles d'hôtellerie.
Sociolinguistique > Méthode comparative.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Hotel management schools
Cooking schools
Social interaction
Sociolinguïstiek.
Culturele verschillen.
Japan
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Language, Social Structure, and Culture; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Transcription conventions; Abbreviations in transcripts; Chapter 1. Preliminaries; Chapter 2. A closer look at genre and related concepts; Chapter 3. Regularities at the level of interaction; Chapter 4. Regularities at the level of discourse; Chapter 5. Regularities at the level of grammar; Chapter 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; The series PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

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