essay
Thoughts on communicative competence in a Serbian village
selected papers on a serbian village : social structure as reflected by history, demography and oral tradition • Amherst, Mass. • Published In 1977 • Pages: 125-140
By: Halpern, Barbara.
Abstract
Based on Halpern's intermittent field work in Yugoslavia over the period of 1953-1971, this paper deals with various sociolinguistic features of Serbian village life, particularly in reference to the manner in which '…people intuitively respond verbally to the range of social situations in which they find themselves in the course of living out lives' (p. 125). After a brief discussion on linguistic theory and communicative competence, the author describes the socio-cultural setting of her study and then proceeds with a discussion of various aspects of village speech patterns. These patterns involve the use of speech as an integrating device, as a means of expressing emotions, and in restrictive and non-restrictive contexts under certain social situations.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field Date
- 1953-1971
- Coverage Date
- 1953-1971
- Coverage Place
- Sumadija region, central Serbia and Montenegro
- Notes
- by Barbara Kerewsky Halpern
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-140)
- LCCN
- sf80001606
- LCSH
- Serbs