Language, Status, and Power in Iran

ISBN-13:	9780253331397
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	10/22/1986
Series:	Advances in Semiotics
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	796,115
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

" . . . excellent example . . . significant contribution . . . an important interdisciplinary work . . . " —Middle East Journal" . . . an important contribution to aspects of Iranian social communication and interpersonal verbal behavior." —LanguageBy showing the reader the intricacies of face-to-face sociolinguistic interaction, William Beeman provides a key to understanding Iranian social and political life. Beeman's study in cross-cultural linguistics will clearly be a model for the study of different languages and cultures.