Publications

Publication details [#5418]

Keenan, Elinor Ochs. 1973. A sliding sense of obligatoriness: The poly-structure of Malagasy oratory. Language in Society 2 : 225–243.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

marriage proposal | metacommunication | obligation | public speech

Language as a subject

Malagasy

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Detailed examination of the marriage request 'kabazy', exemplifying one major mode of oratorical speech in the plateau area of Madagascar, to be understood in terms of local notions of speaking.

Reprints

Bloch, Maurice. 1975. In Bloch, Maurice, ed. Political language and oratory in traditional society. Academic Press. pp. 93–112.

Baugh, John and Joel Sherzer. 1984. In Baugh, John and Joel Sherzer, eds. Language in use: Readings in sociolinguistics. Prentice-Hall. pp. 167–182.