Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking [Paperback]

Classic case studies surveying the use, role and function of language and speech in social life.Classic case studies span traditional societies in Native North, Middle and South America, Africa, and Oceania; English, French and Yiddish speaking communities in Europe and North America; Afro-American communities in North America and the Caribbean.Classic case studies span traditional societies in Native North, Middle and South America, Africa, and Oceania; English, French and Yiddish speaking communities in Europe and North America; Afro-American communities in North America and the Caribbean.First published in 1974, this collection of classic case studies in the ethnography of speaking had a formative influence on the field. No other volume has so successfully provided a broad, cross-cultural survey of the use, role, and function of language and speech in everyday life. The essays deal with: traditional societies in Native North, Middle, and South America, Africa, and Oceania; English, French, and Yiddish speaking communities in Europe and North America; Afro-American communities in North America and the Caribbean. Now reissued, the collection includes a major new Introduction by the editors that traces the subsequent development of the ethnography of speaking and indicates directions for further research.Introduction to the second edition; Part I. Preface and Introduction: Preface; Introduction; Part II. Communities and Resources for Performance: Introduction; 1. A quantitative paradigm for the study of communicative competence Gillian Sankoff; 2. Language identity of the columbian vaup?s indians Jean Jackson; 3. 'Our ancestors spoke in pairs': rotinese views of language, dialect, and code James J. Fox; Part III. Community Ground Rules for Performance: Introduction; 4. Warm springs 'indian time': how the regulation of participation affects the progress of events Susan U. Philips; 5. Contrapuntal conversations in an Antiguan village Karl Reisman; 6. Norm-makers, nlãq