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Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach
Dell Hymes
- 01 May 1974
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TL;DR: The contribution of folklore to sociolinguistic research is discussed in this article, with a focus on poetics and the contribution of poetics to linguistics as a science of language and social life.
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Abstract: Introduction TOWARD ETHNOGRAPHIES OF COMMUNICATION 1. Toward ethnographies of communication 2. Studying the interaction of language and social life THE STATUS OF LINGUISTICS AS A SCIENCE 3. Why linguistics needs the sociologist 4. Social anthropology, sociolinguistics, and the ethnography of speaking 5. Bilingual education: linguistic vs. sociolinguistic bases 6. The contribution of folklore to sociolinguistic research 7. The contribution of poetics to sociolinguistic research LINGUISTICS AS SOCIOLINGUISTICS 8. Linguistic theory and functions in speech 9. Syntactic arguments and social roles: Quantifiers, Keys, and Reciprocal vs. Reflexive Relationships 10. The scope of sociolinguistics Bibliography Index
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