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- Language, Status, and Power in Iran
- Book
- 1986
- Published by: Indiana University Press
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By showing the reader the intricacies of face-to-face sociolinguistic interaction, William Beeman provides a key to understanding Iranian social and political life. He recorded and studied mundane conversations; greetings; discussions of crops, marriages, and village happenings; gossip; social talk at weddings, dinners, and religious ceremonies; and talk among people at work. Various patterns of social interaction, such as pronoun usage, significant pauses, and gestures, are analyzed here in terms of their contributions to the overall meaning of the conversation.
While focusing on Iran, Beeman's study in cross-cultural linguistics will clearly be a model for the study of different languages and cultures.
Table of Contents
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- Half Title Page
- p. i
- Series Title
- p. ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xviii
- A note on transliteration and transcription
- pp. xix-xx
- Half Title Page
- pp. xxi-xxii
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- 2. The management of messages
- pp. 21-35
- 4. The marking of parameters
- pp. 64-92
- 5. Persian socio-phonology
- pp. 93-131
- 6. Persian socio-morphology
- pp. 132-169
- 7. The socio-syntax of iranian interaction
- pp. 170-201
- 8. Conclusion
- pp. 202-212
- Bibliography
- pp. 213-235
- Index of Subjects
- pp. 244-247
- Index of Names
- pp. 248-249
- Index of Persian Terms and Expressions
- pp. 250-255
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9780253055644
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OCLC
1259584767
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2021-07-11
Language
English
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Yes
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