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The Art of Conversation Paperback - 1993

by Peter Burke


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The Art of Conversation is a major contribution to the social history of language - a relatively new field which has become the focus of lively interdisciplinary debate in recent years.

Drawing on the work of sociolinguists and others, Burke uses their concept while reserving the right to qualify their theories where the historical record makes this seem appropriate. Like the sociolinguists, Burke in concerned with the way language varies according to who is communicating to whom, on what occasion, in what medium and on what topic. Unlike many sociolinguists, Burke adds a historical dimension, treating language as an inseparable part of social history.

This approach is outlined and justified in the first chapter and then exemplified in the remaining four, which deal with the early modern period. Among the topics discussed are the changing role of Latin, which is shown to be very much alive in the age of its alleged decline; language and identity in Italy, a politically divided region at the time but one where educated elites had a common language; the art of conversation, in other words the advice on speaking in polite company offered in hundreds of treaties of the period; and silence, viewed as an act of communication with a significance which changes over time and varies according to the setting and the persons who are silent.

The Art of Conversation will be of great interest to students and scholars in social and cultural history, linguistics, the sociology of language and the ethnography of communication.

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  • Title The Art of Conversation
  • Author Peter Burke
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 177
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Polity Press
  • Date 1993
  • ISBN 9780745612881 / 0745612881
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.09 x 0.58 in (22.86 x 15.47 x 1.47 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 302.346

About the author

Peter Burke is Reader in Cultural History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Emmanuel College.
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