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Plains Cree pêyâhtikowêwin: The Ethic of Talking Softly

Plains Cree pêyâhtikowêwin: The Ethic of Talking Softly <p>Abstract:</p><p> Cree speakers often characterize their language as “soft.” What this means is explored in the context of various philosophical concepts developed by the Cree themselves for the analysis and understanding of speech, with the aid of parts of the Hymes model for the ethnography of speaking, and is related to a paradigm of grammatical contrasts produced by a Cree elder. </p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anthropological Linguistics University of Nebraska Press

Plains Cree pêyâhtikowêwin: The Ethic of Talking Softly

Muehlbauer, Jeffrey
Anthropological Linguistics , Volume 58 (1) – Dec 24, 2016
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University of Nebraska Press
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1944-6527

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<p>Abstract:</p><p> Cree speakers often characterize their language as “soft.” What this means is explored in the context of various philosophical concepts developed by the Cree themselves for the analysis and understanding of speech, with the aid of parts of the Hymes model for the ethnography of speaking, and is related to a paradigm of grammatical contrasts produced by a Cree elder. </p>

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Anthropological Linguistics – University of Nebraska Press

Published: Dec 24, 2016

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