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Talk and Social Theory: Ecologies of Speaking and Listening in Everyday Life
Frederick Erickson
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Description for Talk and Social Theory: Ecologies of Speaking and Listening in Everyday Life
Paperback. Talk and Social Theory will be an essential text for students of sociolinguistics and the analysis of discourse in conversation. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Talk and Social Theory will be an essential text for students of sociolinguistics and the analysis of discourse in conversation.
- introduces the study of 'talk' linked to social theory;
- develops a new theoretical argument that reviews the relations between local social practices and general societal processes of talk;
- the use of everyday examples - a family dinner table, a school classroom, an academic advising session in an community college - enhances the book’s appeal to a non-specialist as well as a specialist audience;
- reviews the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks in social theory and in the sociolinguistic study of talk.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745624716
SKU
V9780745624716
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Ref
99-1
About Frederick Erickson
Frederick Erickson is George F. Kneller Professor of Anthropology of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.
Reviews for Talk and Social Theory: Ecologies of Speaking and Listening in Everyday Life
"This latest book by Erickson addresses an issue that is very timely and topical ... the puzzle it seeks to crack is one that has long haunted researchers in social sciences and related areas." Journal of Sociolinguistics "I cannot think of another social science scholar who has done more to move qualitative research and methodology ... Read more