THE WHISTLE IS NOT A DECORATION: ADMONISHMENT IN INTERTRIBAL DISCOURSE

Authors

  • Guillermo Bartelt California State University, Northridge, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v4i1.285

Keywords:

American Indian English rhetoric, pragmatics, macro-speech act

Abstract

Restraint and indirectness in the macro-speech act of admonishment, in the context of American Indian intertribal gatherings called powwows, are assessed as to their strategies of inclusiveness, dissociation, and reaffirmation of conservative social structures.

Author Biography

  • Guillermo Bartelt, California State University, Northridge, USA
    Guillermo Bartelt is a sociolinguist with a focus on the English varieties of American Indians at the spoken as well as written levels.

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Published

2021-09-23

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2021)

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