Disorderly Discourse

"This collection constitutes a significant contribution to anthropological linguistics, the ethnography of communication, ethnolinguistics, and sociolinguistics. It will interest students of conflict/conflict talk in several fields."--Allen Grimshaw, Indiana University "[T]he essays reveal a great deal about the ethnographic realities of the present, and they show that linguistic anthropology can be particularly effective at illuminating cultural phenomena."--Journal of Anthropological Research "This collection is blessed with an excellent and very thorough introduction as well as a high standard of carefully written, individual essays. It should appeal to a broad readership...will interest those intrigued with broadly philosophical questions about narrative."--American Anthropologist "This collection constitutes a significant contribution to anthropological linguistics, the ethnography of communication, ethnolinguistics, and sociolinguistics. It will interest students of conflict/conflict talk in several fields."--Allen Grimshaw, Indiana University "[T]he essays reveal a great deal about the ethnographic realities of the present, and they show that linguistic anthropology can be particularly effective at illuminating cultural phenomena."--Journal of Anthropological Research "This collection is blessed with an excellent and very thorough introduction as well as a high standard of carefully written, individual essays. It should appeal to a broad readership...will interest those intrigued with broadly philosophical questions about narrative."--American Anthropologist