β Scribed by Anand Prahlad
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Book by Prahlad, Sw Anand, Prahlad, Anand, Prahlad, S. W.
Frontmatter
PREFACE (page ix)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xiii)
1. Toward a Contextual Theory (page 3)
Part One: 1930sβ1960s (page 35)
2. Proverbial Speech among the Ex-enslaved: Speech Events with EuropeanβAmericans (page 37)
3. Proverbs in Blues Lyrics: Creativity and Innovation (page 77)
Part Two: Contemporary Speech Acts (page 119)
4. Proverb Masters and Symbolic Meaning (page 121)
5. Proverb Speech Acts among Peers (page 165)
APPENDIX (page 195)
NOTES (page 261)
REFERENCES (page 267)
INDEX (page 287)
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