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Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. From the library of noted anthropologist Catherine McClellan with her bookplate and name written in ink. Crease along spine edge. 501 pages; 6 x 9 ".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking, edited by Richard Bauman and Joel Sherzer. Provenance: From the personal library of Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), poet, anthropologist, translator, and a distinctive literary figure of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Educated in anthropology in Paris under Claude Lévi-Strauss and later at the University of Chicago, Tarn conducted fieldwork among the Maya of Guatemala and in Burma before turning increasingly toward a life devoted to literature and cultural criticism. He was widely recognized for his own poetry, for his influential translations of Pablo Neruda and other major international writers, and for his role in introducing world literature to English-language audiences. First edition, published in 1974 by Cambridge University Press. A cornerstone in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this volume gathers pioneering essays that define the field's analytical framework-examining speech events, performance, and verbal art across diverse cultures. Printed in the United States and phototypeset in Malta by St. Paul's Press, this early printing features Cambridge's classic black wrapper design. An essential scholarly work cited throughout linguistic and cultural research. Author: Edited by Richard Bauman and Joel Sherzer Publisher: Cambridge University Press Year: 1974 (First Edition) Special attributes: First edition, academic text, foundational linguistics anthology Topic: Ethnography of communication, speech and performance studies Subject: Linguistic anthropology, communication theory, cultural expression Keywords: Bauman, Sherzer, Cambridge University Press, ethnography of speaking, linguistics, anthropology, communication studies Condition: Very good. Tight binding, mild spine crease, clean interior, light cover wear consistent with age. Location: Nt1025n47.…