Classic case studies surveying the use, role and function of language and speech in social life.

The collection demonstrates the ways in which established traditions and scholars have come together under the umbrella of linguistic ethnography to explore imp

Speaking Culturally presents case studies of two cultures, focusing on how speaking is thematized and enacted in each. The Teamsterville culture is drawn from t

This volume presents explorations in the literary turn in ethnographic work. Drawing from a range of disciplines, such as sociology, philosophy, psychology and