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Publication details [#9241]

Stross, Brian. 1974. Speaking of speaking: Tenejapa Tzeltal metalinguistics. In Bauman, Richard and Joel Sherzer, eds. Explorations in the ethnography of speaking. Cambridge University Press. pp. 213–239.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnic speech event | metapragmatic term

Language as a subject

Tzeltal

Annotation

S. studies the metalinguistic lexicon of Tenejapa Tzeltal, i.e., the lexicalized categories speakers have available to talk about speech events occurring in their own cultural context.