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Forms of Talk (Conduct and Communication)
Erving Goffman
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Description for Forms of Talk (Conduct and Communication)
Paperback. Series: Conduct & Communication. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Series
Conduct & Communication
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812211122
SKU
V9780812211122
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About Erving Goffman
Erving Goffman (1922-1982), Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, was one of the foremost sociologists of the twentieth century. His Strategic Interaction is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Reviews for Forms of Talk (Conduct and Communication)
What makes [Goffman] compelling is not just the aptness of his observations or the rigors of his theoretical scheme but also his considerable gifts for rendering the everyday as bizarre and amusing. -New York Times [Goffman] writes like an angel . . . with a keen feeling for social reality. -New York Review of Books