| Description |
1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., v. 109 |
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 109. 0922-842X
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 cooking classes - is compared. Unlike other studies of verbal interaction, a genre analysis approach is used to examine regular patterns at three levels of language use: interaction, discourse, and grammar. Collectively, these patterns exhibit both similarities and differences across the classes in the t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- Comparative method
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Social interaction -- Japan
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Social interaction -- United States
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Cooking schools.
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Hotel management schools.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Hotel management schools
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Cooking schools
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Social interaction
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Sociolinguïstiek.
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Culturele verschillen.
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Japan
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789027296764 |
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9027296766 |
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902725351X |
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9789027253514 |
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1588113469 |
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9781588113467 |
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