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Person reference in interaction, linguistic, cultural, and social perspectives, edited by N.J. Enfield and Tanya Stivers

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Person reference in interaction, linguistic, cultural, and social perspectives, edited by N.J. Enfield and Tanya Stivers

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eng

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index present

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non fiction

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Person reference in interaction

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electronic resource

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dictionaries

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213380371

Responsibility statement

edited by N.J. Enfield and Tanya Stivers

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Language, culture, and cognition, 7Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

linguistic, cultural, and social perspectives

Summary

How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect how we know that person in context, and allow us to take a particular perspective on them. This book brings together a team of leading linguists, sociologists and anthropologists to show that there is more to person reference than meets the eye. Drawing on video-recorded, everyday interactions in nine languages, it examines the fascinating ways in which we exploit person reference for social and cultural purposes, and reveals the underlying principles of person reference across cultures from the Americas to Asia to the South Pacific. Combining rich ethnographic detail with cross-linguistic generalizations, it will be welcomed by researchers and graduate students interested in the relationship between language and culture.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Person reference in interaction / Tanya Stivers, N.J. Enfield and Stephen C. Levinson -- Part I. Person Reference as a System: -- 2. Two preferences in the organization of reference to persons in conversation and their interaction / Harvey Sacks and Emanuel A. Schegloff -- 3. Optimizing person reference-evidence from repair on Rossel Island / Stephen C. Levinson -- 4. Alternative recognitionals in person reference / Tanya Stivers -- 5. Meanings of the unmarked: why 'default' person reference does more than just refer / N.J. Enfield -- Part II. The Person Reference System in Operation: -- 6. Conveying who you are: the presentation of self, strictly speaking / Emanuel A. Schegloff -- 7. Person reference in Yucatec Maya / William F. Hanks -- 8. Principles of person reference in Tzeltal / Penelope Brown -- 9. Non-initial person reference in Korean: choosing between quasi-pronouns / Sun-Young Oh -- 10. Person reference in Tzotzil gossip: referring dupliciter / John B. Haviland -- Part III. The Person Reference System in Trouble: -- 11. Intersubjectivity and progressivity in person (and place) reference / John Heritage -- 12. Repairing person reference in a small Caribbean community / Jack Sidnell -- 13. Reference and 'reference dangereuse' to persons in Kilivila: an overview and case study / Gunter Senft

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