Beschreibung:
Shoshana Blum-Kulka
This book examines the different dinner-table conversational practices of Jewish American and Israeli families by way of comparing sociability and socialization in the family context. For linguists, sociolinguists, applied linguists, and communications.
Contents: Introduction: Cultural Patterns of Communication Method. Part I: Cultural Styles of Sociability. The Dynamics of Dinner Talk. Topical Actions and Thematic Frames. Telling, Tales and Tellers in Family Narrative Events. Part II: Patterns of Pragmatic Socialization. Politeness in Family Discourse: The Traffic of Control Acts. Metapragmatic Discourse at Dinner. Bilingual Socialization: The Intercultural Style of the American Israeli Families. Conclusion: Family, Talk and Culture.