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Publication details [#5027]

Hymes, Dell H. 1964. Directions in (ethno-)linguistic theory. American Anthropologist 66 (3-2) : 6–56.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnography of speaking

Annotation

General discussion of the state of the art in linguistic theorizing, followed by a plea for and preliminary outline of an 'ethnography of communication'.

Translations

Hymes, Dell H. 1979. Perspektiven für eine (Ethno-) linguistische Theorie. In Hymes, Dell H., ed. Soziolinguistik: Zur Ethnographie der Kommunikation. Suhrkamp. pp. 98–165.