Applying sociolinguistics : domains and face-to-face interaction / / Diana Boxer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968951603321
• Autore: Boxer Diana <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002
• ISBN: 9786612162053; 9781282162051; 1282162055; 9789027297624; 9027297622
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Collana: Impact, studies in language and society, , 1385-7908 ; ; v. 15
• Classificazione: ES 100
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetti: Sociolinguistics; Social interaction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-239) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Applying Sociolinguistics -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Contents -- Permissions -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Face-to-face in the family domain -- Chapter 3: Face-to-face in the social domain -- Chapter 4: Face-to-face in the education domain -- Chapter 5: Face-to-face in the religious domain -- Chapter 6: Face-to-face in the workplace domain -- Chapter 7: Face-to-face in cross-cultural interactions -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society.
• Sommario/riassunto: Diana Boxer's Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and Face-to-Face Interaction is an up-to-date overview of discourse studies in oral interaction. Its focus is on encounters in the various spheres of life: family, educational, social, religious, and work, with an additional chapter on cross-cultural face-to-face interaction in these domains. Each chapter reviews current research in that specific domain, with particular attention to methodological issues. For example, in-depth explanations are offered to the reader on how the various approaches to studying face-to-face discourse (e.g. ethnographic, conversational ; analytic, interactional sociolinguistic) lend themselves to answering different research questions. Each chapter also culminates with an original analysis by the author of face-to-face interaction in that particular domain. Topics include: nagging in family interaction; bragging and boasting in workplace interaction; sarcasm in educational interaction; joking and teasing in social interaction; rite-of-passage discourse in religious interaction; and gatekeeping discourse in cross-cultural interaction.