Responsibility and Evidence in Oral Discourse

Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Twelve prominent linguists and linguistic anthropologists examine 'responsibility', 'authority', and 'knowledge', all central, but problematic concepts in contemporary anthropology. Their detailed case studies analyse diverse forms of oral discourse ñ from everyday conversation and conversational narrative to divination and ritual poetry ñ in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

ISBN-13
9780521425292
ISBN-10
0521425298
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1993
Publication date
1993-06-03
Pages
328
Dimensions
151x228x24
Weight
428