Includes bibliographies.

Hymes, D. Toward ethnographies of communication.--Fishman, J. A. The sociology of language.--Goffman, E. The neglected situation.--Basso, K. H. To give up on words: silence in Western Apache culture.--Frake, C. O. How to ask for a drink in Subanun.--Schegloff, E. A. Notes on a conversational practice: formulating place.--Searle, J. What is a speech act?--Bernstein, B. Social class, language and socialization.--Labov, W. The logic of nonstandard English.--Gumperz, J. The speech community.--Ferguson, C. A. Diglossia.--Brown, R. and Gilman, A. The pronouns of power and solidarity.--Labov, W. The study of language in its social context.--Goody, J. and Watt, I. The consequences of literacy.--Inglehart, R. and Woodward, M. Language conflicts and the political community.