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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (2001)
ImprintWashington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2003]
Imprint2003
Descriptionvi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Note:Conference proceedings.
Note:Introduction / Deborah Tannen -- A brief history of the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics / James E. Alatis -- Some notes on the musicality of speech / Frederick Erickson -- Laughing while talking / Wallace Chafe -- Power maneuvers or connection maneuvers? Ventriloquizing in family interaction / Deborah Tannen -- Uncovering the event structure of narrative / William Labov -- Linguistics and history: Oral history as discourse / Deborah Schiffrin -- The voice of the audience in contemporary American political discourse / Alessandro Duranti -- Narrative in the construction of social and political identity / Robin Tolmach Lakoff -- Patients' voices in the medical world: An exploration of accounts of noncompliance / Heidi E. Hamilton -- Discourse of denial / Shirley Brice Heath -- Implementing a district-wide foreign language program: A case study of acquisition planning and curricular innovation / G. Richard Tucker, Richard Donato.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
