Discourse plays an important role in medicine, and medical discourse in the broadest sense
(discourse in and about healing, curing, or therapy; expressions of suffering; and relevant …

This chapter provides a sketch of the assumptions, values, frameworks and techniques that
currently characterise linguistic ethnography. In keeping with the dynamic that makes it a …

The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for
discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures …

Winner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize for Outstanding Monograph from the Society of
Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award from the …

Che cos' è un genere cinematografico? Come far dialogare una tradizione, che è insieme di
contenuto, produttiva e teorica, con le tensioni ei problemi che il cinemal contemporaneo …

Musicology: the Key Concepts provides a vital reference guide for students of contemporary
musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of terms …

Narratives told in interview have become a central tool of data collection and analysis in a
variety of disciplines within the social sciences. However, many researchers, particularly …

Recently, the field of second language acquisition (SLA) has seen the growing impact of
social context on second language learning, which has been called by Block a “social …

Abstract In Spanglish, a Hollywood movie released in late 2004, the mixed code usually
referred to as Spanglish is conspicuous by its absence. The movie's title turns out to be a …

When the rabbis composed the Mishnah in the late second or early third century CE, the
Jerusalem Temple had been destroyed for more then a century. Why, then, do the Temple …