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Publication details [#18601]

Agar, Michael. Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation. William Morrow and Company. 284 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
anthropological linguistics | communication breakdown | conversational analysis
Language as a subject
Austrian | English, American | Greek, Modern | Hopi

Annotation

Drawing on the works of linguistic anthropologists and conversation analysts, this guide to the intricacies of language and culture in interaction sets out to describe how communication works and how to deal with communication breakdown

Reviewed by

Washabaugh, William. 1998. Review of $Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation.
Scollon, Suzanne. 1995. Review of $Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation.