The poetics and politics of Navajo ideophony in contemporary Navajo poetry

Language and Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-151

  Webster, Anthony K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemporary poetry; Ideophony; Language ideology; Navajo; Poetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749131871     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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