Applying Sociolinguistics : Domains and face-to-face interaction

Diana Boxer’s Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains And Face-to-face Interaction Is An Up-to-date Overview Of Discourse Studies In Oral Interaction. Its Focus Is On Encounters In The Various Spheres Of Life: Family, Educational, Social, Religious, And Work, With An Additional Chapter On Cross-cultural Face-to-face Interaction In These Domains. Each Chapter Reviews Current Research In That Specific Domain, With Particular Attention To Methodological Issues. For Example, In-depth Explanations Are Offered To The Reader On How The Various Approaches To Studying Face-to-face Discourse (e.g. Ethnographic, Conversational Analytic, Interactional Sociolinguistic) Lend Themselves To Answering Different Research Questions. Each Chapter Also Culminates With An Original Analysis By The Author Of Face-to-face Interaction In That Particular Domain. Topics Include: Nagging In Family Interaction; Bragging And Boasting In Workplace Interaction; Sarcasm In Educational Interaction; Joking And Teasing In Social Interaction; Rite-of-passage Discourse In Religious Interaction; And Gatekeeping Discourse In Cross-cultural Interaction.