Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation 9780688149499

A linguistic anthropologist takes readers on a personal and humorous journey through language, showing them how to under

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Table of contents :
Preface
1. Culture Blends
2. The Circle
3. The Circle and the Field
4. Cultural Signifieds
5. Similarities and Differences
6. Situations
7. Culture
8. Speech Acts
9, Speech Act Lumber and Paint
10. Coherence
11. Variations on a Frame
12. Sailors and Immigrants
13. Notes
14. Index

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