'You're So Fat!'
eBook - PDF

'You're So Fat!'

Exploring Ojibwe Discourse

  1. 244 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

'You're So Fat!'

Exploring Ojibwe Discourse

About this book

Spielmann shows how one might use the techniques of conversation analysis and discourse analysis to understand Native experience and culture.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Part One: Language and Cultural Values
  5. 1. ‘That’s What They Tell Me’: Introduction and Overview
  6. 2. ‘You’re So Fat!’: Exploring Value Differences between Native and Non-Native People in Canada
  7. 3. ‘My Ass Is Frozen!’: Exploring Language as a Window on a People
  8. Part Two: Introduction to Conversation Analysis
  9. 4. ‘When Yes Means No’: An Introduction to Conversation Analysis in Ojibwe
  10. 5. ‘The Tail of the Lynx’: Interactional Resources in Ojibwe Storytelling
  11. 6. 'What‘s So Funny?’: Humour, Laughter, and Teasing in Ojibwe Storytelling
  12. 7. ‘Almost Burned’: Conversation Analysis and Culture-Specific Ways of Accomplishing Interactional Tasks
  13. Part Three: Introduction to Linguistic Discourse Analysis
  14. 8. ‘What Happens in Life’: An Introduction to Linguistic Discourse Analysis
  15. 9. ‘The Bear Facts’: Using Discourse Analysis to Understand Ojibwe Cosmology
  16. 10. ‘Leave It to Beaver’: Discourse Analysis of a Traditional Anishnaabe Legend
  17. 11. ‘Why the Lynx Has Short Intestines’: Collateral Information in Ojibwe Storytelling
  18. Part Four: Conclusion
  19. 12. ‘Last Call’: Some Practical Uses of. Discourse Analysis
  20. Notes
  21. References
  22. Index