Media authenticity and authority in Mauritius: On the mediality of language in religion

Language and Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-273

  Eisenlohr, Patrick ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indexicality; Islam; Language and mediation; Mauritius; Poetry; Sound reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958819368     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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