The Function of Proverbs in Discourse The Case of a Mexican Transnational Social Network Contributions to the Sociology of Language 1st Edition by Elias Dominguez Barajas ISBN 978-3110224887 3110224887
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ISBN 10: 3110224887
ISBN 13: 978-3110224887
Author: Elias Dominguez Barajas
Grounded primarily in the ethnography of communication and aligned with the multidisciplinarity of discourse analysis, the book examines the use of proverbs in the daily life of a social network of Mexican-origin transnational families in Chicago and Michoacán, Mexico. Various and detailed analyses of actual proverb use reveal that proverbs in this particular population function as a highly contextualized communicative strategy that serves four discrete social functions: to argue, to advise, to establish rapport, and to entertain. Proposing that the social and cognitive aspects of language use must be combined for a complete understanding of how such genres of language are actually used by regular people in daily life, the author shows how ordinary people use sophisticated cognitive processes to interpret the socially-relevant meanings of proverbs in everyday conversation.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
The López social network and its proverbs
2.1. A cold welcome
2.2. Origins of the López social network
2.3. The importance of place in the construction of meaning
Chapter 3
Proverbs mean more than they say
3.1. Proverbs in action
3.2. Focusing the theoretical lens
3.3. The nature and characteristics of proverbs
3.4. The shape of proverbs and the social construction of meaning
3.5. The similarity of proverbs to other verbal art: The case of riddles and jokes
3.6. Studying proverb use in context
Chapter 4
Proverbs do more than they mean
4.1. Proverbs as discursive tools
4.2. The aims of proverb use
4.3. Using proverbs to argue
4.4. Using proverbs to give advice
4.5. Using proverbs to establish rapport
4.6. Using proverbs to entertain
4.7. The impact of proverb use on behavior
Chapter 5
Toward praxis: Linking the saying with the thinking
5.1. Stigmatizing those who use proverbs
5.2. Innate or learned? Both: Language acquisition and language use reveal the nexus of the cognitive and the social
5.3. Revisiting the role of context in meaning making
5.4. Thinking processes and their relevance to writing instruction
5.4.1. Abstract reasoning
5.4.2. Reconfiguration of symbolic terms
5.4.3. Metalinguistic awareness
5.4.4. Metacognition
Chapter 6
The academic stakes of language use
6.1. Call for attitudinal change in the classroom
6.2. Call for methodological change in the classroom
6.3. Call for substantive change in the classroom
6.4. The importance of the socio-cognitive approach
Chapter 7
Beyond school halls
7.1. Matters of discourse
7.2. Matters of rhetoric
7.3. Matters of style
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