Bible translation and medicine man talk: Missionaries, indexicality, and the "language expert" on the San Carlos Apache Reservation

Language in Society

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-557

  Samuels, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Language ideology; Missionaries; San Carlos Apache; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749357201     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404506060246     Document Type: Article

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