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Publication details [#26478]
Puckett, Anita. 2000. Seldom ask, never tell. Labor and discourse in Appalachia. Oxford University Press. XV+309 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
Drawing on Irvine's 'speech economy', this work provides comprehensive insights into the constitutive (non)verbal communicative practices via which Appalachians exchange services and goods, share labor, and access outer community commodities and jobs.