Seldom ask, never tell : labor and discourse in Appalachia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Puckett, Anita, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; no. 25.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apalachee language--Discourse analysis.

Apalachee language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By examining how people talk about work in a rural Appalachian community, the author identifies the construction and maintenance of casual yet commercial discourse and links this to the community's socio-economic relationships and well-being.

Contents:

Contents; Note on Transcription; 1. Introduction: ""I am just a simple man.""; 2. Possessive Constructions and Linguistic-Economics: ""Whose girl are you?""; 3. Participant Frameworks Indexed by Requesting Discourse: ""That's not right.""; 4. ""Volunteerins,"" Direct ""Askins,"" and Optional Uses of Nonimperative Requesting Discourse: ""You shouldn't have to ask for that.""; 7. ""Helpin Somebody Out"": Imperatives in Task Situations: ""Hey, Claude, hand me that rope.""; 8. ""Doin for Somebody"": Orders and Imperatives: ""You should a done this and you should a done that.""

9. Conclusion: ""The way we do things is different.""Appendix A: Participants; Appendix B: Summary of Daily Activities; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772236-9

1-280-52861-3

0-19-535615-2

1-4294-0371-3

OCLC:

476012001