Talk and Social Theory
Ecologies of Speaking and Listening in Everyday Life
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-7456-2471-6 (ISBN)
Description
Talk and Social Theory will be an essential text for students of sociolinguistics and the analysis of discourse in conversation.
introduces the study of 'talk' linked to social theory;
develops a new theoretical argument that reviews the relations between local social practices and general societal processes of talk;
the use of everyday examples - a family dinner table, a school classroom, an academic advising session in an community college - enhances the book's appeal to a non-specialist as well as a specialist audience;
reviews the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks in social theory and in the sociolinguistic study of talk.
introduces the study of 'talk' linked to social theory;
develops a new theoretical argument that reviews the relations between local social practices and general societal processes of talk;
the use of everyday examples - a family dinner table, a school classroom, an academic advising session in an community college - enhances the book's appeal to a non-specialist as well as a specialist audience;
reviews the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks in social theory and in the sociolinguistic study of talk.
Reviews / Votes
"This latest book by Erickson addresses an issue that is very timely and topical ... the puzzle it seeks to crack is one that has long haunted researchers in social sciences and related areas."Journal of Sociolinguistics
"I cannot think of another social science scholar who has done more to move qualitative research and methodology in creative directions...among the most important contributions to social theory in recent years."
Regina Smardon, University of Pennsylvania
"Frederick Erickson is someone who illuminates details of talk and interaction. More than that, he illuminates where we stand in making sense of human life in terms of social theory. This is a book not to be missed."
Dell Hymes, University of Virginia
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-2471-6 (9780745624716)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/2004
1st Edition
Polity Press
€70.50
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Person
Frederick Erickson is George F. Kneller Professor of Anthropology of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.
Content
Dedication. Preface.
Acknowledgements.
PART ONE: Examples of the conduct of talk.
1. Sketching the terrain.
2. Seventy-five dollars goes in a day.
3. I can make a "P".
4. You wrestlin'?.
5. He has no history of IVDA.
PART TWO: Thinking about talk and social theory.
6. General perspectives on talk and social theory.
7 Toward a more practical theory of practices in talk.
8 Summing up.
Further Reading.
References.
Index.
Acknowledgements.
PART ONE: Examples of the conduct of talk.
1. Sketching the terrain.
2. Seventy-five dollars goes in a day.
3. I can make a "P".
4. You wrestlin'?.
5. He has no history of IVDA.
PART TWO: Thinking about talk and social theory.
6. General perspectives on talk and social theory.
7 Toward a more practical theory of practices in talk.
8 Summing up.
Further Reading.
References.
Index.