Dilemmas of Discourse - Controversies About the Sociological Interpretation of Language

First Published in 1975, Dilemmas of Discourse brings together strands of arguments from disciplines like sociology, anthropology, linguistics and philosophy to explore the debate around the issue of deciding the meaning of what people may say.

List of contents

Preface 1. Language, Concepts and Descriptions 2. Components of Meaning 3. Rules, Norms and Speech Acts 4. Ethnomethodology 5. Language and Social Class: Vocabularies of Motive 6. Sociology, Language and Description Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Anthony Wootton (at the time of the first publication of the book) was Lecturer in Sociology, University of York.

Summary

First Published in 1975, Dilemmas of Discourse brings together strands of arguments from disciplines like sociology, anthropology, linguistics and philosophy to explore the debate around the issue of deciding the meaning of what people may say.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Wootton, Wootton Anthony
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032704654
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270465-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc