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1 online resource (xi, 280 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Language and Cultural Values. 1. 'That's What They Tell Me': Introduction and Overview. 2. 'You're So Fat!': Exploring Value Differences between Native and Non-Native People in Canada. 3. 'My Ass Is Frozen!': Exploring Language as a Window on a People -- pt. 2. Introduction to Conversation Analysis. 4. 'When Yes Means No': An Introduction to Conversation Analysis in Ojibwe. 5. 'The Tail of the Lynx': Interactional Resources in Ojibwe Storytelling. 6. 'What's So Funny?': Humour, Laughter, and Teasing in Ojibwe Storytelling. 7. 'Almost Burned': Conversation Analysis and Culture-Specific Ways of Accomplishing Interactional Tasks -- pt. 3. Introduction to Linguistic Discourse Analysis. |
| Summary |
'You're so fat!' was the greeting extended to the author's wife on her return to the Algonquin community of Pikogan in northwestern Quebec. The Anishnaabe elder was in fact complimenting her for looking robust and healthy. Non-Natives have much to learn in order to understand Native experience and culture. Spielmann sets out to show how one might use the techniques of conversation analysis and discourse analysis to accomplish this. Ultimately, he seeks to capture the essence of Native experience by exploring how Native people talk about that experience, an approach that is missing in existing books about Aboriginal people. |
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'You're So Fat!' will be of interest to linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and others interested in exploring issues in conversation analysis, ethnography, and Native studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Conversation analysis -- Canada.
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Conversation analysis. |
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Canada. |
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Anthropological linguistics -- Canada.
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Anthropological linguistics. |
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Ojibwa language -- Discourse analysis. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spielmann, Roger Willson, 1951- 'You're so fat'. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1998 9780802041128 (DLC) 98215425 (OCoLC)40444738 |
| ISBN |
9781442683761 (electronic book) |
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1442683767 (electronic book) |
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0802041124 (bound) |
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080207958X (paperback) |
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9780802041128 |
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9780802079589 (paperback) |
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