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'You're So Fat!' : Exploring Ojibwe Discourse /
'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 Nati...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One: 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
- Part Two: 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
- Part Three: Introduction to Linguistic Discourse Analysis
- 8. 'What Happens in Life': An Introduction to Linguistic Discourse Analysis
- 9. 'The Bear Facts': Using Discourse Analysis to Understand Ojibwe Cosmology
- 10. 'Leave It to Beaver': Discourse Analysis of a Traditional Anishnaabe Legend
- 11. 'Why the Lynx Has Short Intestines': Collateral Information in Ojibwe Storytelling
- Part Four: Conclusion
- 12. 'Last Call': Some Practical Uses of. Discourse Analysis
- Notes
- References
- Index