Power Sharing : Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia.

This text challenges theories on the nature of social stratification. The author went to Pohnpei and studied how people use language and other semiotic codes to reproduce and manipulate status differences. The result is this view of how language works to create power and social inequality.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keating, Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 23.
Subjects:
Chiefdoms > Micronesia (Federated States) > Madolenihmw.
Power (Social sciences) > Micronesia (Federated States) > Madolenihmw.
Sex role > Micronesia (Federated States) > Madolenihmw.
Language and culture > Micronesia (Federated States) > Madolenihmw.
Micronesian languages > Honorific.
Micronesian languages > Sex differences.
Chefferie (Anthropologie) > Micronésie (États fédérés) > Madolenihmw.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > Micronésie (États fédérés) > Madolenihmw.
Rôle selon le sexe > Micronésie (États fédérés) > Madolenihmw.
Langage et culture > Micronésie (États fédérés) > Madolenihmw.
Langues micronésiennes > Formules de politesse.
Langues micronésiennes > Différences entre sexes.
Chiefdoms
Language and culture
Manners and customs
Micronesian languages > Sex differences
Power (Social sciences)
Sex role
Madolenihmw (Micronesia) > Social life and customs.
Micronesia (Federated States) > Madolenihmw
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