The oral and beyond : doing things with words in Africa / Ruth Finnegan.
The oral and beyond : doing things with words in Africa / Ruth Finnegan.
The oral and beyond : doing things with words in Africa / Ruth Finnegan.
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Oxford : James Currey ; Chicago : University of Chicago Press ; Pietermaritzburg : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N398.2096/10
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English
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xiii, 258 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introducing words -- The reflective practice of speech and language : a West African example -- How to do things with words among the Limba -- The arts and action of Limba story-telling -- Stories of Africa, stories about Africa -- Literature as oral, the oral as literature -- Is oral literature com...
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Oxford : James Currey ; Chicago : University of Chicago Press ; Pietermaritzburg : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.
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England
Date Published
2007.
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The oral and beyond : doing things with words in Africa / Ruth Finnegan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-251) and index.
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N398.2096/10
Record Identifier
74VKzVy8j2K3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzVy8j2K3
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ISBN
0226249727 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226249711 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226249728 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781847010001 (cloth : James Currey)
1847010008 (cloth : James Currey)
9781847010018 (pbk. : James Currey)
1847010016 (pbk. : James Currey)
0226249719 (cloth : alk. paper)
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398.2096
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991023459399702626
