N//àe ("talking"): The oral and rhetorical base of san culture

Journal of Folklore Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-260

  Guenther, Mathias ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 61249423673     PISSN: 07377037     EISSN: 15430413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/jfr.2006.43.3.241     Document Type: Article

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