ISBN:
9789027296764
,
9027296766
,
902725351X
,
9789027253514
,
1588113469
,
9781588113467
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 223 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Pragmatics & beyond 0922-842X new ser., v. 109
Series Statement:
Pragmatics & beyond new ser., v. 109
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mayes, Patricia Language, social structure, and culture
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Sociolinguistics Comparative method
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Social interaction Japan
;
Social interaction United States
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Sociolinguistique Méthodologie comparative
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Interaction sociale Japon
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Interaction sociale États-Unis
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Écoles d'hôtellerie
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Cooking schools
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Social interaction
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Social interaction
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Sociolinguistics Comparative method
;
Cooking schools
;
Social interaction
;
Sociolinguïstiek
;
Culturele verschillen
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics
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Japan
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
Comparing Japanese and American interaction, Language, Social Structure, and Culture argues that language use is instrumental in the construction of social structure and culture. In order to ground the work in empirical evidence, verbal interaction in similar situations - Japanese and American cooking classes - is compared. Unlike other studies of verbal interaction, a genre analysis approach is used to examine regular patterns at three levels of language use: interaction, discourse, and grammar. Collectively, these patterns exhibit both similarities and differences across the classes in the t
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index. - Description based on print version record
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