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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781788903321

Autore

Wortham Stanton Emerson Fisher <1963->

Titolo

Acting out participant examples in the classroom [[electronic resource] /] / Stanton E.F. Wortham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c1994

ISBN

9786613222190

90-272-8282-X

1-283-22219-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., 30

Disciplina

306.4/4

Soggetti

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Language and education

Drama in education

Interaction analysis in education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

ACTING OUT PARTICIPANT EXAMPLES IN THE CLASSROOM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Table of contents; List of Transcription Symbols; Introduction; Chapter One. Acting Out Participant Examples; Chapter Two. The Great Books at Colleoni High; Chapter Three. Example Use and Deictic Mapping; Chapter Four. Four Enacted Participant Examples; Conclusion; References; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores a relational pattern that occurs during one type of speech event - classroom "participant examples." A participant example describes, as an example of something, an event that includes at least one person also participating in the conversation. Participants with a role in the example have two relevant identities - as a student or teacher in the classroom, and as a character in whatever event is described as the example. This study reports that in some cases speakers not only discuss, but also act out the roles assigned to them in participant examples. That is, speak