Acting out participant examples in the classroom / Stanton E.F. Wortham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wortham, Stanton, 1963-

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 30.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Language and education.

Drama in education.

Interaction analysis in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores a relational pattern that occurs during one type of speech event - classroom "participant examples." A participant example describes, as an example of something, an event that includes at least one person also participating in the conversation. Participants with a role in the example have two relevant identities - as a student or teacher in the classroom, and as a character in whatever event is described as the example. This study reports that in some cases speakers not only discuss, but also act out the roles assigned to them in participant examples. That is, speak

Contents:

ACTING OUT PARTICIPANT EXAMPLES IN THE CLASSROOM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Table of contents; List of Transcription Symbols; Introduction; Chapter One. Acting Out Participant Examples; Chapter Two. The Great Books at Colleoni High; Chapter Three. Example Use and Deictic Mapping; Chapter Four. Four Enacted Participant Examples; Conclusion; References; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and index.

ISBN:

9786613222190

90-272-8282-X

1-283-22219-1

OCLC:

742333674