text_combined: speaking silence laine berman speaking silence narratives social conventions power java laine berman school australian international studies deakin university uncovering structures functions conversational narratives uttered within natural social networks laine berman shows workingclass javanese women discursively construct identity meaning within rigid constraints hierarchical social order identifying silences unsaid revealing structure function silence terms indexical reference local meaning force javanese language used everyday interaction shows extremely potent philosophical entity well means social control thus least regard urban poor book boldly questions difference traditional definitions javanese elegance oppression study contribute understanding social consequences language use linguistic knowledge indonesia java basic linguistic issues narrative structure function speech levels styles indexicality features oxford studies anthropological linguistics 19 october 1998 276 pp 8 halftones 019 510888 4 65 00 oxford university press _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ information linguistics titles oxford visit oxford university press usa web site http www oupusa org email linguistics oupusa org