ANTH 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Keith H. Basso, John J. Gumperz
9 May 2020
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Dell hymes and john gumperz early 1960s. Remedy a gap at time no comparative ethnographies of how people use language. Hymes called for a structural analysis of communication in relation to speech that attends to patterns and functions of language use. Look at the meaning in use not just structural analysis of language, vocabulary and grammar. How community categorize behavior and communication, including what a community defines as speaking. Also the other paralinguistic features of expression,, such as tone, prosody etc. Example: spradley and man"s study about asking for a drink. Activities that are directly governed by rules for speaking . Have cultural rules (need more tan a dictionary and grammar) Asking for a drink, giving a lecture, church sermon, chew someone out, gossip, chat (in person and on internet) Can be a word, a phrase, a senesce, a book etc. Speech events at brady"s bar: greeting, asking for a drink, giving and order, answering a phone, argument.
