Person reference in interaction : linguistic, cultural, and social perspectives / edited by N.J. Enfield and Tanya Stivers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Enfield, N. J., 1966- editor.

Stivers, Tanya, editor.

Series:

Language, culture, and cognition ; 7.

Language, culture, and cognition ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reference (Linguistics).

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 358 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect how we know that person in context, and allow us to take a particular perspective on them. This book brings together a team of leading linguists, sociologists and anthropologists to show that there is more to person reference than meets the eye. Drawing on video-recorded, everyday interactions in nine languages, it examines the fascinating ways in which we exploit person reference for social and cultural purposes, and reveals the underlying principles of person reference across cultures from the Americas to Asia to the South Pacific. Combining rich ethnographic detail with cross-linguistic generalizations, it will be welcomed by researchers and graduate students interested in the relationship between language and culture.

Contents:

1. Person reference in interaction / Tanya Stivers, N.J. Enfield and Stephen C. Levinson

Part I. Person Reference as a System:

2. Two preferences in the organization of reference to persons in conversation and their interaction / Harvey Sacks and Emanuel A. Schegloff

3. Optimizing person reference-evidence from repair on Rossel Island / Stephen C. Levinson

4. Alternative recognitionals in person reference / Tanya Stivers

5. Meanings of the unmarked: why 'default' person reference does more than just refer / N.J. Enfield

Part II. The Person Reference System in Operation:

6. Conveying who you are: the presentation of self, strictly speaking / Emanuel A. Schegloff

7. Person reference in Yucatec Maya / William F. Hanks

8. Principles of person reference in Tzeltal / Penelope Brown

9. Non-initial person reference in Korean: choosing between quasi-pronouns / Sun-Young Oh

10. Person reference in Tzotzil gossip: referring dupliciter / John B. Haviland

Part III. The Person Reference System in Trouble:

11. Intersubjectivity and progressivity in person (and place) reference / John Heritage

12. Repairing person reference in a small Caribbean community / Jack Sidnell

13. Reference and 'reference dangereuse' to persons in Kilivila: an overview and case study / Gunter Senft.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-17212-8

1-280-90945-5

0-511-28623-6

0-511-28549-3

0-511-28389-X

0-511-32111-2

0-511-48674-X

0-511-28469-1

OCLC:

437181903