Language, Status, and Power in Iran"... excellent example... significant contribution... an important interdisciplinary work... " -- Middle East Journal "... an important contribution to aspects of Iranian social communication and interpersonal verbal behavior." -- Language By showing the reader the intricacies of face-to-face sociolinguistic interaction, William Beeman provides a key to understanding Iranian social and political life. Beeman's study in cross-cultural linguistics will clearly be a model for the study of different languages and cultures. |
Contents
The Architecture of Iranian | 1 |
The Management of Messages | 21 |
The Management of Interactional | 36 |
Events | 64 |
Persian SocioPhonology | 93 |
Persian SocioMorphology | 132 |
The SocioSyntax of Iranian Interaction | 170 |
The Aesthetics of Iranian | 202 |
213 | |
NOTES | 236 |
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