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Hymes, Dell H. 1962. The ethnography of speaking. In Gladwin, T. and W.C. Sturtevant, eds. Anthropology and human behavior. The Anthropological Society of Washington. pp. 13–53.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnography of speaking | functions of language | situation | socialization

Annotation

The ethnography of speaking, intended to fill the gap between what is usually described in grammars and what is usually described in ethnographies, is defined as the field of study concerned with the situations and uses, the patterns and functions, of speaking as an activity in its own right. The article includes a discussion of speech in cognitive and expressive behavior, functions in speech events, and speech in socialization.

Translations

Hymes, Dell H. 1979. Die Ethnographie des Sprechens. In Hymes, Dell H., ed. Soziolinguistik: Zur Ethnographie der Kommunikation. Suhrkamp. pp. 29–79.

Holzer, Horst and Karl Steinbacher. 1972. Die Ethnographie des Sprechens. D.H. Hymes: Die Ethnographie des Sprechens. In Holzer, Horst and Karl Steinbacher, eds. Sprache und Gesellschaft. Hoffman und Campe. pp. 296–317.

Reprints

Fishman, Joshua A. 1968. In Fishman, Joshua A., ed. Readings in the sociology of language. Mouton. pp. 99–138.

Barker, Larry L. and Robert J. Kibler. 1971. In Barker, Larry L. and Robert J. Kibler, eds. Speech communication behavior: Perspectives and principles. Prentice-Hall. pp. 159–165.