Language and social relations /
Agha, Asif, 1961-
Language and social relations / Asif Agha. - xv, 427 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 24 . - Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 24. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-418) and index.
Reflexivity -- From referring to registers -- Register formations -- The social life of cultural value -- Regrouping identity -- Registers of person deixis -- Honorific registers -- Norm and trope in kinship behavior.
"Language connects people to each other in social relationships and allows them to participate in a variety of activities in everyday life. This original study explores the role of language in various domains of our social life, including identity, gender, class, kinship, deference, status, hierarchy, and others. Drawing on materials from over thirty languages and societies, this book shows that language is not simply a tool of social conduct but the effective means by which human beings formulate models of conduct."--Jacket.
0521571766 0521576857 9780521571760 9780521576857
2007295804
Interpersonal communication.
Sociolinguistics.
P40 / .A35 2007
306.44
Language and social relations / Asif Agha. - xv, 427 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 24 . - Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 24. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-418) and index.
Reflexivity -- From referring to registers -- Register formations -- The social life of cultural value -- Regrouping identity -- Registers of person deixis -- Honorific registers -- Norm and trope in kinship behavior.
"Language connects people to each other in social relationships and allows them to participate in a variety of activities in everyday life. This original study explores the role of language in various domains of our social life, including identity, gender, class, kinship, deference, status, hierarchy, and others. Drawing on materials from over thirty languages and societies, this book shows that language is not simply a tool of social conduct but the effective means by which human beings formulate models of conduct."--Jacket.
0521571766 0521576857 9780521571760 9780521576857
2007295804
Interpersonal communication.
Sociolinguistics.
P40 / .A35 2007
306.44