Communicating beyond language : everyday encounters with diversity / Betsy R. Rymes, University of Pennsylvania.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rymes, Betsy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Social aspects.

Communication.

Interpersonal communication--Social aspects.

Interpersonal communication.

Rhetoric--Social aspects.

Rhetoric.

Discourse analysis--Social aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Multilingualism--Social aspects.

Multilingualism.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Communication and culture.

Sociolinguistics.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

ix,130 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2014]

Summary:

"This new book offers a timely and lively appraisal of the concept of communicative repertoires, resources we use to express who we are when in dialogue with others. Each chapter describes and illustrates the communicative resources humans deploy daily, but rarely think about not only the multiple languages we use, but how we dress or gesture, how we greet each other or tell stories, the nicknames we coin, and the mass media references we make and how these resources combine in infinitely varied performances of identity. Rymes also discusses how our repertoires shift and grow over the course of a lifetime, as well how a repertoire perspective can lead to a rethinking of cultural diversity and human interaction, from categorizing peoples differences to understanding how our repertoires can expand and overlap with other, thereby helping us to find common ground and communicate in increasingly multicultural schools, workplaces, markets, and social spheres. Rymes affirms the importance of the communicative repertoires concept with highly engaging discussions and contemporary examples from mass media, popular culture, and everyday life. The result is a fresh and exciting work that will resonate with students and scholars in sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, applied linguistics, and education. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A Repertoire Approach

Multilingualisms

You Had Me At 'Hello': Sounds as Repertoire

Mass Media and Popular Culture

Storytelling Repertoires

Youthy Repertoires and Adult Repertoires

Everyday Encounters with Diversity

Communicating Beyond Language: Repertoire and Metacommentary as Methods.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415503389

0415503388

9780415503402

041550340X

OCLC:

792875026