Our review is divided into two sections, the first prepared by Chafe and the second by
Tannen. The first covers investigations of structural differences between written and spoken …

▪ Abstract The proposal that linguistic sounds such as phonemes, features, syllables, or
tones can be meaningful, or sound-symbolic, contradicts the principles of arbitrariness and …

The socially minded linguistic study of storytelling in everyday life has been rapidly
expanding. This book provides a critical engagement with this dynamic field of narrative …

Written in readable, vivid, non-technical prose, this book, first published in 2007, presents
the highly respected scholarly research that forms the foundation for Deborah Tannen's best …

Anthropological linguistics is the study of language within the wider context of culture. It is
concerned with how humans employ communicative culturally meaningful, or semiotic …

Building on his work in Traditional Oral Epic and Immanent Art, the author aims to dissolve
the perceived barrier between oral and written, creating a theory from oral-formulaic theory …

The Sapir‐Whorf hypothesis, as usually formulated, searches for isomorphisms between
grammar and culture and views language as either providing the means for thought and …

In recent years, the study of discourse has grown dramatically in anthropology and
linguistics, generating a plethora of terms, concepts, and issues. A wide array of disciplinary …

Recent research on the social/political and literary power of relations between texts is used
in criticizing the metadiscursive practices—methods used in locating, extracting, editing, and …

Previous research on intonational meaning has resulted in proposals too specific to be
useful in analyzing intonational form and function across contexts and groups of speakers …