Practices of truth : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /

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Author / Creator:	Dupret, Baudouin.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 173 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Pragmatics & beyond new series ; 214 Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 214.
Subject:	Truthfulness and falsehood -- Arab countries. Truthfulness and falsehood -- Religious aspects -- Islam. Ethnology -- Arab countries. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics. Ethnology. Truthfulness and falsehood. Truthfulness and falsehood -- Religious aspects -- Islam. Arab countries. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11121756

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ISBN:	9789027284655 9027284652 1283314770 9781283314770 9789027256171 9027256179 9786613314772 6613314773
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The claim of this book is that truth is a matter of language games and practical achievements: it is a "member phenomenon". To document this statement, it proceeds to the investigation of instances of truth-related practices in various Arab contexts. Bearing on the constitution of actions and events, on what is factual or objective, on predictability, consequentiality, intentionality, causality, and on the many ways people orient to them, such a varied set of questions appears thoroughly moral. The praxeological respecification this book undertakes leads to important considerations regarding t.
Other form:	Print version: Dupret, Baudouin. Practices of truth. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 9789027256171
Standard no.:	9786613314772

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