“A twisted rope binds my waist”: Locating constraints on meaning in a tij songfest

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-86

  Ahearn, Laura M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84937186468     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jlin.1998.8.1.60     Document Type: Article

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