socio & anthropological linguistics from oxford up power sharing : language , rank , gender and social space in pohnpei , micronesia elizabeth keating , university of texas ( oxford studies in anthropological linguistics 23 ) what allows certain individuals and groups to maintain control over the actions and lives of others ? linguistic anthropologist elizabeth keating went to the island of pohnpei , in micronesia , and studied how people use language and other semiotic codes to reproduce and manipulate status differences . the result is this inside view of how language works to create power and social inequality . this book challenges widely held theories on the nature of social stratification , including women 's roles in creating hierarchy . december 1998 224 pp . ; 14 halftones , 4 linecuts 0-19 - 511197 - 4 $ 75 . 00 oxford university press eloquence in trouble : the poetics and politics of complaint in rural bangladesh james m . wilce , northern arizona university ( oxford studies in anthropological linguistics 21 ) eloquence in trouble captures the articulation of several troubled lives in bangladesh as well as the threats to the very genres of their expression , lament in particular . the first ethnography of one of the most spoken mother tongues on earth , bangla , this study represents a new approach to troubles talk , combining the rigor of discourse analysis with the interpretive depth of psychological anthropology . its careful transcriptions of bangladeshi troubles talk will disturb some readers and move others - - beyond past academic discussion of personhood in south asia . december 1998 320 pp . ; 7 halftones , 8 linecuts 0-19 - 510687 - 3 $ 65 . 00 oxford university press _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for more information about linguistics titles from oxford : visit the oxford university press usa web site at http : / / www . oup-usa . org or e-mail : linguistics @ oup-usa . org