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Publication details [#15035]

Field, Margaret. 2001. Triadic directives in Navajo language socialization. Language in Society 30 (2) : 249–263.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045

Annotation

This study analyzes the interactional routine of giving directives in a Navajo community, illustrating how some Navajo language uses are retained despite an English language shift. Practice theory and Bakhtinian dialogicality both weigh in on how such routines are maintained and transmitted across generations.