Forms of Talk Contributor(s): Goffman, Erving (Author) |
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ISBN: 081221112X ISBN-13: 9780812211122 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1981 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Philosophy | Epistemology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
Dewey: 001.542 |
LCCN: 80052806 |
Lexile Measure: 1420 |
Series: Conduct and Communication |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 344 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Forms of Talk extends Erving Goffman's interactional analyses of face-to-face communication to ordinary conversations and vebal exchanges. In this, his most sociolinguistic work, Goffman relates to certain forms of talk some of the issues that concerned him in his work on frame analysis. This book brings together five of Goffman's essays: Replies and Responses, Response Cries, Footing, The Lecture, and Radio Talk. Of lasting value in Goffman's work is his insistence that behavior--verbal or nonverbal--be examined along with the context of that behavior. In all of these classic essays, there is a topic at hand for discussion and analysis. In addition, as those familiar with Goffman's work have come to expect, there is the wider context in which the topic can be viewed and related to other topics--a characteristic move of Goffman's that has made his work so necessary for students of interaction in many disciplines. |