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Gumperz, John J. and Dell H. Hymes, eds. 1972. Directions in sociolinguistics: The ethnography of communication. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. x + 598 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
ethnography of speaking | sociolinguistics

Articles in this volume

Gumperz, John J. Introduction. 1–31
Hymes, Dell H. Models of the interaction of language and social life. Toward a descriptive theory. 35–71
Albert, Ethel M. Culture patterning of speech behavior in Burundi. 72–105
Frake, Charles O. Struck by speech: The Yakan concept of litigation. 106–129
Dundes, Alan, Jerry W. Leach and Bora Özkök. The strategy of Turkish boys' verbal dueling rhymes. 130–160
Mitchell-Kernan, Claudia. Signifying and marking: Two Afro-American speech acts. 161–179
Roberts, John M. and Michael L. Forman. Riddles: Expressive models of interrogation. 180–209
Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. On sociolinguistic rules: Alternations and co-occurrence. 218–250
Tyler, Stephen A. Context and alternation in Koya kinship terminology. 251–269
Friedrich, Paul. Social context and semantic feature: The Russian pronominal usage. 270–300
Sacks, Harvey. On the analyzability of stories by children. 325–345
Schegloff, Emanuel A. Sequencing in conversational openings. 346–380
Blom, Jan-Petter and John J. Gumperz. Social meaning in linguistic structure: Code-switching in Norway. 407–434
Fishman, Joshua A. Domains and the relationship between micro- and macrosociolinguistics. 435–453
Barth, Fredrik. Ethnic processes on the Pathan-Baluch boundary. 454–464
Bernstein, Basil. A sociolinguistic approach to socialization: With some reference to educability. 465–497
Fischer, John L. The stylistic significance of consonantal sandhi in Trukese and Ponapean. 498–511
Labov, William. On the mechanism of linguistic change. 512–538
Sherzer, Joel and Regna Darnell. Outline guide for the ethnographic study of speech use. 548–554

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