Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ472800
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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The Case of Saying a Few Words and Talking for Another among the Osage People: "Public Speaking" as an Object of Ethnography.
Pratt, Steven; Wieder, D. Lawrence
Research on Language and Social Interaction, v26 n4 p353-408 1993
Examines public speaking (PS) practices within the Osage Nation. Settings for formal occasions of PS and PS within the context of speech act, event, and situation are addressed. Methodological-biographical notes on Pratt as informant, ethnographer, and author and a discussion of learning and speaking among the Osage are appended. (Contains 49 references.) (JP)
Descriptors: Ethnography, Language Research, Oral Language, Participant Observation, Public Speaking, Speech Acts
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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