Language and Social Identity Book

Preface; A note on conventions;
1. Introduction: language and the communication of social identity John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz;
2. Thematic structure and progression in discourse John J. Gumperz, Gurinder Aulakh and Hannah Kaltman;
3. Discovering connections Arpita Mishra;
4. Inscrutability revisited Linda Wai Ling Young;
5. Negotiating interpretations in interethnic settings Mark Hansell and Cheryl Seabrook Ajirotutu;
6. Strategies and counterstrategies in the use of yes-no questions in discourse Adrian Bennett;
7. Negotiations of language choice in Montreal Monica S. Heller;
8. Performance and ethnic style in job interviews F. Niyi Akinnaso and Cheryl Seabrook Ajirotutu;
9. Interethnic communication in committee negotiations John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz;
10. Fact and inference in courtroom testimony John J. Gumperz;
11. A cultural approach to male-female miscommunication Daniel N. Maltz and Ruth A. Borker;
12. Ethnic style in male-female conversation Deborah Tannen;
13. Language and disadvanage: the hidden process T. C. Jupp, Celia Roberts and Jenny Cook-Gumperz; Bibliography; Subject index; Author index.