Tradition as Truth and Communication
Subtitle: A Cognitive Description of Traditional Discourse (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 16, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780521024662
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Anthropology - General; Communication; Intercultural communication; Language Arts & Disciplines-Communication; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / General
First sentence: The 'traditional' cultural phenomena concerned here can be briefly characterised by the following features: (i) they are instances of social interaction: (ii) they are repeated; (iii) they are psychologically salient.