The Function of Proverbs in Discourse : The Case of a Mexican Transnational Social Network.

By: Domínguez Barajas, ElíasMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] SerPublisher: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783110224894Subject(s): Discourse analysis | Proverbs -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Function of Proverbs in Discourse : The Case of a Mexican Transnational Social NetworkDDC classification: 401.41 LOC classification: PN6401.D66 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The López social network and its proverbs -- Chapter 3 Proverbs mean more than they say -- Chapter 4 Proverbs do more than they mean -- Chapter 5 Toward praxis: Linking the saying with the thinking -- Chapter 6 The academic stakes of language use -- Chapter 7 Beyond school halls -- Backmatter.
Summary: The book examines how thinking, speaking, and interacting influence the construction of meaning among interlocutors. Its revelatory analysis of the complex use of proverbs as discursive tools in the daily life of a social network of transnational families based in Chicago and Mexico makes it an important contribution to the fields of discourse studies, rhetoric, literacy theory, and pedagogy.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The López social network and its proverbs -- Chapter 3 Proverbs mean more than they say -- Chapter 4 Proverbs do more than they mean -- Chapter 5 Toward praxis: Linking the saying with the thinking -- Chapter 6 The academic stakes of language use -- Chapter 7 Beyond school halls -- Backmatter.

The book examines how thinking, speaking, and interacting influence the construction of meaning among interlocutors. Its revelatory analysis of the complex use of proverbs as discursive tools in the daily life of a social network of transnational families based in Chicago and Mexico makes it an important contribution to the fields of discourse studies, rhetoric, literacy theory, and pedagogy.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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