Parallelism, metalinguistic play, and the interactive emergence of Zinacantec Mayan siblings' culture

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-436

  De León, Lourdes ^a,b  

^a Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES EN ANTROPOLOGÍA SOCIAL CIESAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 38149093425     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08351810701471401     Document Type: Article

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