Dell H Hymes

Dell Hymes is professor emeritus of anthropology and English at the University of Virginia. He is the author of many books, including "In Vain I Tried to Tell You: Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics" and "Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach."

Dell Hymes is professor emeritus of anthropology and English at the University of Virginia. He is the author of many books, including "In Vain I Tried to Tell You: Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics" and "Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach." See less