Agency: The relation between meaning, power, and knowledge

Current Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-401

  Kockelman, Paul ^a   Agha, Asif ^b   Ahearn, Laura M ^c   Colapietro, Vincent ^d   Danesi, Marcel ^e   Duranti, Alessandro ^f   Enfield, Nick J ^g   Sugarman, Jeff ^h   Warnier, Jean Pierre ⁱ  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 34249112699     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512998     Document Type: Article

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