| Description |
1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 7 |
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Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 7.
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| Contents |
The co-narration of order : aesthetics, iconicity, and experiencing conflict resolution / Donald Brenneis -- The trickster's scattered self / Ellen Basso -- Detective stories at dinnertime / Elinor Ochs, Ruth Smith, and Carolyn Taylor -- Embarrassment as pride : narrative resourcefulness and strategies of normativity among Cretan animal-thieves / Michael Herzfeld -- Ideological dissonance in the American legal system / William M. O'Barr and John M. Conley -- Consensus and dissent in U.S. legal opinions / Elizabeth Mertz -- We want to borrow your mouth : Tzotzil marital squabbles / John B. Haviland -- Disorderly dialogues in ritual impositions of order : the role of metapragmatics in Warao dispute mediation / Charles L. Briggs |
| Summary |
This volume contains eight essays that are at the intersection of two important areas within linguistics: conversational analysis, and the use of narrative in the creation, mediation and resolution of conflict. The contributors explore these issues in a variety of cultures and languages |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
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Conversation analysis.
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Conflict management.
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Language and culture.
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REFERENCE.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary.
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Conflict management
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Conversation analysis
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Discourse analysis, Narrative
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Language and culture
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Vertelkunst.
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Conflicten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Briggs, Charles L., 1953-
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| ISBN |
9780195087765 |
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0195087763 |
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9780195087772 |
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0195087771 |
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1429415401 |
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9781429415408 |
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