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Publication details [#23328]
Brenneis, Donald. 1987. The Fiji Indian Pancayat as therapeutic discourse. Papers in Pragmatics 1 (1) : 55–78. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Journal DOI
10.1075/iprapip
Annotation
An analysis of the pancayat, a public event in Bhatgaon, a Fiji Indian community, used by villagers as the definite occasion for the amicable settlement of conflict. Some implications for Western notions for therapeutic events are discussed.