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Publication details [#5788]

Kuiper, Koenraad and Douglas C. Haggo. 1984. Livestock auctions, oral poetry, and ordinary language. Language in Society 13 : 205–234.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

auctioning | formulaic expression | non-verbal behavior | oral poetry

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

An analysis of the verbal and non-verbal characteristics of stock auctioning and a comparison with oral poetry, showing that the auctioneers use an oral formulaic technique. An explanation is proposed.