Linguistic magic bullets in the making of a modernist anthropology

American Anthropologist

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 481-498

  Briggs, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture Concept; Franz Boas; Language Ideologies; Linguistic Anthropology; Scientific Authority

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844286033     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2002.104.2.481     Document Type: Article

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