Erickson, F. <br/><br/>
Talk and social theory:  ecologies of speaking and listening in everyday life/ 
Frederick Erickson. 
 - Cambridge:  Polity Press,  2004. 
 - xi, 228 p.:  ill.;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> introduces the study of 'talk' linked to social theory;develops a new theoretical argument that reviews the relations between local social practices and general societal processes of talk;the use of everyday examples - a family dinner table, a school classroom, an academic advising session in an community college - enhances the book’s appeal to a non-specialist as well as a specialist audience;<br/>reviews the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks in social theory and in the sociolinguistic study of talk. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0745624707  0745624715 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Oral communication.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DUCE P95.E75  /