Speech and Sociability at French Urban Marketplaces.

By: Lindenfeld, JacquelineMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Pragmatics & Beyond New SeriesPublisher: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1990Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (182 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789027285980Subject(s): France -- Social life and customs -- 20th century | French language -- Social aspects -- France | French language -- Spoken French -- France | Markets -- Social aspects -- France | Urban dialects -- FranceGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Speech and Sociability at French Urban MarketplacesDDC classification: 306.4/4/0944 LOC classification: PC2074.75 -- .L56 1990ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
SPEECH AND SOCIABILITY AT FRENCH URBAN MARKETPLACES -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK -- 1. BACKGROUND RESEARCH -- 2. DATA COLLECTION -- CHAPTER II. THE ETHNOGRAPHIC CONTEXT: MARKETPLACES IN THREE FRENCH URBAN COMMUNITIES -- 1. MARKETPLACES IN PARIS -- 2. MARKETPLACES IN GRENOBLE -- 3. MARKETPLACES IN ROUEN -- CHAPTER III. VERBAL INTERACTION AT FRENCH URBAN MARKETPLACES -- 1. VENDOR CALLS -- 2. VENDOR SPIEL -- 3. VENDOR-CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION -- A. INSTRUMENTAL TALK -- B. POLITENESS ROUTINES -- C. SMALL TALK -- D. JOKES AND PLAYFUL INSULTS -- CHAPTER IV. MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS OF FRENCH URBAN MARKETPLACES -- 1. SPECIFICITY OF THE MARKETPLACE AS A LOCUS OF SOCIAL ENCOUNTER IN THE CITY -- 2. SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONS OF SPEECH AT THE MARKETPLACE -- 3. OVERALL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE URBAN MARKETPLACE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- The series PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.
Summary: This study is both particularistic and generalizing. At one level it can be seen as an investigation of French urban marketplaces as systems of communication, with a microscopic examination of verbal interaction and sociability patterns in a specific cultural setting. At another level it constitutes an attempt to show some relationships between the ethnography of communication, urban anthropology and symbolic interactionism: all three lines of inquiry converge here to highlight the social and symbolic dimensions of traditional street markets in modern urban France, with primary focus on the role of speech in sociability. A major source of inspiration is interactional sociolinguistics which considers language as an activity performed by social actors for specific purposes.
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SPEECH AND SOCIABILITY AT FRENCH URBAN MARKETPLACES -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK -- 1. BACKGROUND RESEARCH -- 2. DATA COLLECTION -- CHAPTER II. THE ETHNOGRAPHIC CONTEXT: MARKETPLACES IN THREE FRENCH URBAN COMMUNITIES -- 1. MARKETPLACES IN PARIS -- 2. MARKETPLACES IN GRENOBLE -- 3. MARKETPLACES IN ROUEN -- CHAPTER III. VERBAL INTERACTION AT FRENCH URBAN MARKETPLACES -- 1. VENDOR CALLS -- 2. VENDOR SPIEL -- 3. VENDOR-CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION -- A. INSTRUMENTAL TALK -- B. POLITENESS ROUTINES -- C. SMALL TALK -- D. JOKES AND PLAYFUL INSULTS -- CHAPTER IV. MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS OF FRENCH URBAN MARKETPLACES -- 1. SPECIFICITY OF THE MARKETPLACE AS A LOCUS OF SOCIAL ENCOUNTER IN THE CITY -- 2. SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONS OF SPEECH AT THE MARKETPLACE -- 3. OVERALL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE URBAN MARKETPLACE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- The series PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

This study is both particularistic and generalizing. At one level it can be seen as an investigation of French urban marketplaces as systems of communication, with a microscopic examination of verbal interaction and sociability patterns in a specific cultural setting. At another level it constitutes an attempt to show some relationships between the ethnography of communication, urban anthropology and symbolic interactionism: all three lines of inquiry converge here to highlight the social and symbolic dimensions of traditional street markets in modern urban France, with primary focus on the role of speech in sociability. A major source of inspiration is interactional sociolinguistics which considers language as an activity performed by social actors for specific purposes.

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