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Publication details [#48]
Bauman, Richard and Joel Sherzer, eds. 1974. Explorations in the ethnography of speaking. Cambridge University Press. vii + 501 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
This collection of classic case studies in the ethnography of speaking offers a broad, cross-cultural overview of the use, role, and function of everyday language and speech. The essays deal with: English, French, and Yiddish speaking communities in Europe and North America; Afro-American communities in North America and the Caribbean: and traditional societies in Native North, Middle, and South America, Africa, and Oceania.