1st Edition
Chicano-Anglo Conversations Truth, Honesty, and Politeness
By Madeleine Youmans
Copyright 2007
204 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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This groundbreaking book--about differences in communication practices between Mexican-American underclass residents in an East Los Angeles housing project and white, middle-class literacy tutors who worked with them--makes an important contribution to research on the sociolinguistics of the Chicano gang culture. More specifically, this work adds substantially to research on understanding... Read more
Contents: Preface. Introduction. The Community and Participants. The Social Power of Language. Conducting the Research. Conversational Data Part I: Evidential Uses of Epistemic Modals. Conversational Data Part II: Modality and Manipulation. Work, Family, Friends, and the Gang: How They Interact to Influence Talk. Results for the Future. Appendices.
Biography
Madeleine Youmans
