Language, Status, and Power in Iran

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Indiana University Press, Oct 22, 1986 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 280 pages

"... 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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
213
NOTES
236
INDEX
245
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