Talk and Social Theory Ecologies of Speaking and Listening in Everyday Life

Name: Talk and Social Theory Ecologies of Speaking and Listening in Everyday Life
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ISBN: 9780745624716

ISBN-10: 0745624715

ISBN-13: 9780745624716

Edition: 2004

Authors: Frederick Erickson

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This book is an important contribution to our understanding of everyday talk and its relation to broader social processes. Talk is unique and locally produced, crafted by particular social actors for the specific situation of its use. Yet the conduct of such talk is profoundly influenced by, and influential upon, social and cultural processes that occur beyond the temporal and spatial horizon of the occasion of the talk itself. Drawing on and criticizing social theory, Erickson explores the mutually reinforcing connections between the local conduct of talk and the general workings of society, economy, and history. The use of everyday examples enhances the bookrsquo;s appeal to a…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 5/21/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.05" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Dedication.Preface.Acknowledgements



Examples of the conduct of talk



Sketching the terrain



Seventy-five dollars goes in a day



I can make a "P"



You wrestlin'?



He has no history of IVDA



Thinking about talk and social theory



General perspectives on talk and social theory



Toward a more practical theory of practices in talk



Summing up


Further Reading


References


Index