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Examines culturally and geographically derived speech patterns, dialects, vocabulary, syntax, and grammar found throughout the regions of North America.
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Volkskultur, Speech, Communication, Identität, Juvenile literature, Oral communication, Sprache, Children: Grades 4-6, Children's 9-12 - Sociology, Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology, Juvenile Nonfiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction, Social Studies - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology, People & Places - United StatesEdition | Availability |
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North American Folklore
January 2003, Mason Crest Publishers
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in English
1590843282 9781590843284
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Table of Contents
A vocabulary all our own: identity and speech
Names: a story in a word
The power of persuasion: politics, boasts, and "speechifying"
Buying and selling: the roots of advertising
Jokes: coping with the world with laughter
Preaching and praying: spiritual speech
Utterance and meaning: shaping the world with speech.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [3]) and index.
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