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Publication details [#22854]

Rushforth, Scott. 1985. Some directive illocutionary acts among the Bear Lake Athapaskans. Anthropological Linguistics 27 (4) : 387–411.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cooperation | directive

Language as a subject

Languages, Indian

Annotation

R. points out the importance of cultural knowledge for understanding the appropriate use of directives among the Athapaskan-speaking Bear Lake Indians.