Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and Face-To-Face Interaction

by Boxer, Diana

• ISBN13: 9781588111982
• ISBN10: 1588111989
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co

Table of Contents

List of abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(20)
Introduction	1	(9)
Sociolinguistics: Micro and macro divisions	2	(1)
Domains	3	(4)
Critical discourse analysis	7	(1)
Organization of this volume	8	(2)
Methodologies of research in face-to-face interaction	10	(11)
Discourse analysis	11	(1)
Conversation analysis	11	(1)
Ethnography of communication	12	(1)
Interactional sociolinguistics	13	(1)
Elicitation instruments	14	(2)
Role plays	16	(1)
Sociolinguistic interviews	17	(1)
Radio and television talk	18	(1)
Laboratory data
Data approaches to research in this volume	19	(1)
Conclusion	20	(1)
Face-to-face in the family domain	21	(26)
Introduction	21	(12)
What do we know about family interaction?	22	(1)
Family talk	22	(8)
Couples talk	30	(3)
An in-depth example of family speech behavior: Nagging	33	(12)
Methodology	34	(1)
Nagging as a speech event	35	(1)
Topics/themes of nagging	36	(1)
Status and power	37	(3)
Gender and nagging	40	(3)
Social distance	43	(2)
Conclusion	45	(1)
Conclusion: Face-to-face in the family domain	45	(2)
Note	46	(1)
Face-to-face in the social domain	47	(42)
Introduction	47	(25)
What do we know about social interaction?	49	(1)
Phatic communication, speech acts, events, and activities	49	(13)
CA and speech activities	62	(2)
Interlocutor variables and ethnographic approaches	64	(1)
Gender and social interaction	65	(2)
What do we know about gender in face-to-face social interaction?	67	(5)
An in-depth analysis of social talk: Conversational joking and identity display	72	(15)
Conversational joking and ``joke-telling''	74	(1)
Types of conversational joking	75	(1)
Teasing	75	(2)
Joking about absent others	77	(1)
Self-denigrating humor, or self-teasing	78	(1)
Outcome and function of verbal play	79	(1)
Joking that bonds	80	(1)
Self-denigration as a case of ID	81	(1)
Teasing that bonds: RID and ID	81	(1)
Factors affecting the type of verbal playing	82	(1)
Joking and social distance	82	(2)
Gender	84	(1)
Conclusion: Conversational joking and identity display	85	(2)
Conclusion: Face-to-face in the social domain	87	(2)
Notes	88	(1)
Face-to-face in the education domain	89	(36)
Introduction	89	(11)
Face-to-face interaction in higher education	90	(10)
``Yeah right'': Sociolinguistic functions of sarcasm in classroom discourse	100	(24)
Introduction and background	100	(1)
The study	101	(1)
Methodology	101	(1)
The uses and targets of sarcasm by professors	102	(1)
Student use of sarcasm and their targets	103	(1)
The functions of sarcasm within the classroom	104	(1)
Positive uses	105	(5)
Negative uses	110	(5)
Neutral uses	115	(2)
Student reactions to sarcasm	117	(1)
Topics that trigger sarcasm	117	(2)
Timing of sarcastic utterances	119	(2)
Responding to sarcasm	121	(1)
Conclusion	122	(2)
Conclusion: Face-to-face in the educational domain	124	(1)
Note	124	(1)
Face-to-face in the religious domain	125	(22)
Introduction	125	(9)
What do we know about religious interaction?	126	(8)
An ethnography of a Bat/Bar Mitzvah	134	(12)
Introduction	134	(1)
Methodology	134	(2)
Background	136	(1)
The Bat Mitzvah	137	(3)
The celebration	140	(2)
The Bar Mitzvah	142	(3)
Conclusion	145	(1)
Conclusion: Face-to-face in the religious domain	146	(1)
Note	146	(1)
Face-to-face in the workplace domain	147	(30)
Introduction	147	(13)
Talk in service encounters	149	(5)
Talk in institutional encounters	154	(2)
Talk at work	156	(4)
An in-depth analysis of workplace speech behavior: Bragging, boasting and bravado: Male banter in a brokerage house	160	(14)
Background	161	(1)
The workplace	162	(2)
Findings	164	(1)
Display of superiority	164	(2)
Sexual bravado	166	(2)
Quick wit, one upsmanship and verbal dueling	168	(2)
Discussion	170	(3)
Conclusion: bragging, boasting and bravado	173	(1)
Conclusion: Face-to-face in the workplace domain	174	(3)
Note	175	(2)
Face-to-face in cross-cultural interactions	177	(34)
Introduction	177	(16)
Cross-cultural interactions in social life	181	(4)
Cross-cultural interactions in work life	185	(4)
Cross-cultural interactions in educational life	189	(4)
An in-depth analysis of cross-cultural speech behavior	193	(15)
From Outsiders to insiders: Cross-cultural gatekeeping encounters in higher education	193	(1)
Introduction	193	(1)
Background	194	(2)
Method	196	(1)
Gatekeeping encounters in the International Programs Office	197	(7)
Gatekeeping encounters in an English language program	204	(3)
Implications of the study	207	(1)
Conclusion	207	(1)
Conclusion: Face-to-face in cross cultural interactions	208	(3)
Notes	210	(1)
Conclusion	211	(14)
Domains and face-to-face Interaction	212	(1)
The family domain	212	(1)
The social domain	213	(2)
The educational domain	215	(2)
The religious domain	217	(1)
The workplace domain	218	(1)
Domains in cross-cultural interaction	219	(2)
Applying sociolinguistics	221	(4)
Appendix	225	(2)
Bibliography	227	(14)
Index	241