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Publication details [#35213]
Besnier, Niko. 1989. Literacy and feelings: The encoding of affect in Nukulaelae letters. Text 9 (1) : 69–91.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN
0165-4888
Journal WWW
Annotation
This content and historical-ethnographic investigation of letter-writing on the Nukulaelae Atoll (Central Pacific), demonstrates that from the very introduction of literacy, letters have become means to display affect.