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O'Driscoll, Jim. 2009. Erving Goffman. In Östman, Jan-Ola, Jef Verschueren and Sigurd D’hondt, eds. The Pragmatics of Interaction. (Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights 4). John Benjamins. pp. 79–95.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

interaction | language and culture | language and society | pragmatics | sociology

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

Annotation

This essay first identifies the two central tenets upon which Erving Goffman (1922–1983) constructed his explorations of the nature of interaction. Then, it attempts to outline his investigative framework through a typology of the concepts he employed. Finally, it discusses his significance for pragmatics.