Linguistics, language, and the real world : discourse and beyond / Deborah Tannen and James E. Alatis, editors.

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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (2001 : Washington, D.C.) [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2003.
Description
vi, 202 p. ; 23 cm.

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    Series
    • Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics series (2004) [More in this series]
    • Georgetown University Round Table on languages and linguistics 0186-7207
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
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    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Introduction / Deborah Tannen
    • A brief history of the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics / James E. Alatis
    • Some notes on the musicality of speech / Frederick Erickson
    • Laughing while talking / Wallace Chafe
    • Power maneuvers or connection maneuvers? Ventriloquizing in family interaction / Deborah Tannen
    • Uncovering the event structure of narrative / William Labov
    • Linguistics and history: Oral history as discourse / Deborah Schiffrin
    • The voice of the audience in contemporary American political discourse / Alessandro Duranti
    • Narrative in the construction of social and political identity / Robin Tolmach Lakoff
    • Patients' voices in the medical world: An exploration of accounts of noncompliance / Heidi E. Hamilton
    • Discourse of denial / Shirley Brice Heath
    • Implementing a district-wide foreign language program: A case study of acquisition planning and curricular innovation / G. Richard Tucker, Richard Donato.
    ISBN
    0878409041 (pbk.)
    OCLC
    51527659
    RCP
    H - S
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