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... talking about . The organization of the contents of talk is the fourth area we will look at . THE PRESENTATION OF SELF Even though we talk for many reasons , one of the main things we do when we talk is to present a view of ourselves to ...
... talking about . The organization of the contents of talk is the fourth area we will look at . THE PRESENTATION OF SELF Even though we talk for many reasons , one of the main things we do when we talk is to present a view of ourselves to ...
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... TALK When two or more people talk together , it takes a lot of coordi- nation to keep things going smoothly . Although it does not seem like it , in ordinary conversation the various speakers are careful not to talk all at once or to ...
... TALK When two or more people talk together , it takes a lot of coordi- nation to keep things going smoothly . Although it does not seem like it , in ordinary conversation the various speakers are careful not to talk all at once or to ...
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... talk off the topic They never say anything about themselves They are slow to take a turn in talking They ask questions in unusual places They talk with a flat tone of voice They are too indirect , inexplicit They don't make sense They ...
... talk off the topic They never say anything about themselves They are slow to take a turn in talking They ask questions in unusual places They talk with a flat tone of voice They are too indirect , inexplicit They don't make sense They ...
Contents
Discourse and Reality Set | 39 |
Reading Prosody | 67 |
A contrasting case | 80 |
Copyright | |
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Narrative, Literacy and Face in Interethnic Communication Ronald Scollon,Suzanne B. K. Scollon No preview available - 1981 |
Narrative, Literacy and Face in Interethnic Communication Ronald Scollon,Suzanne B. K. Scollon No preview available - 1981 |
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Alaska Alaska Native argued assumed Athabaskan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan-English interethnic communication audience autonomy baskan behavior Brown and Levinson bush consciousness caregiver CB's chapter child communicative style communicative system contexts Cree decontextualization deference politeness system discourse patterns display distance Doree Lake English speaker essayist literacy essayist prose ethnic example feel fictionalization Fort Chipewyan grammatical Gumperz Indian English individual information structure interaction intonation kk'udaa knowledge Koyukon Kutchin Lake Athabasca language learning linguistic literate orientation look marked markers means metonymical modern consciousness morpheme narrator negative face negative politeness oral narrative pause peg prefix person positive face problem prosodic Qur'anic Rachel reader reality set relationship role expectations schismogenesis Scollon & Scollon situation social solidarity politeness system speak Chipewyan speech stanza story suggest talk Tanacross thematic abstraction thematic prefix themes tion tone group tradition understand Vai script verb verse vertical construction writing