Person reference in interaction : linguistic, cultural, and social perspectives / edited by N.J. Enfield and Tanya Stivers.
"How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect how we...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
| Series: | Language, culture, and cognition ;
7. |
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core |
| Summary: | "How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect how we know that person in context, and allow us to take a particular perspective on them. This book brings together a team of leading linguists, sociologists and anthropologists to show that there is more to person reference than meets the eye. Drawing on video-recorded, everyday interactions in nine languages, it examines the fascinating ways in which we exploit person reference for social and cultural purposes, and reveals the underlying principles of person reference across cultures from the Americas to Asia to the South Pacific. Combining rich ethnographic detail with cross-linguistic generalizations, it will be welcomed by researchers and graduate students interested in the relationship between language and culture."--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 358 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511284691 9780511284694 0511285493 9780511285493 0511286236 9780511286230 051148674X 9780511486746 1280909455 9781280909450 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511486746 |