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OverviewPuckett takes a new look at the relationship between language, society, and economics by examining how people talk about work in a rural Appalachian community. Through careful analysis of conversations in casual yet commercial contexts, she finds that the construction and maintenance of this discourse is essential to the community's socioeconomic relationships. The volume will appeal to linguists, anthropologists, and scholars in communications and Appalachian studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anita Puckett (Assistant Professor of Appalachian Studies, Assistant Professor of Appalachian Studies, Virginia Tech)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Volume: 25 Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.699kg ISBN: 9780195102772ISBN 10: 0195102770 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 07 December 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsBy focusing on her empirical data from Ash Creek, Puckett offers a cogent interpretation and defense of speaking practices familiar to others who study Appalachia. She thus provides a baseline for future study of variation and change in speaking patterns within the region. Language in Society Puckett offers comprehensive and revealing interpretations of the range of communicative practices (verbal and nonverbal) through which Ash Creek residents share labour, exchange goods and services, and access commodities and jobs from outside the community. Language in Society ... an important, long-needed work that enables us to conceptualize Appalachian speech not only in terms of dialect or traditional aesthetic resources, but also according to characteristc ways of speaking and the ideology of pragmatics that informs them. Language in Society ... a challenging book, drawing extensively and effectively on current anthropological theory and terminology. It will stretch the reader's thinking and penetrate the superficial analysis that has characterized all but a few works on mountain speech ... the author deftly extracts cultural meaning from everyday interactions. Journal of Appalachian Studies Ground-breaking ... rich in data ... No book published in the past generation offers a greater wealth of insight on the functions of speech patterns in traditional Appalachia. Journal of Appalachian Studies Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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