Dupret, Baudouin. <br/><br/>
Practices of truth  an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /  [electronic resource] : 
Baudouin Dupret. 
 - Amsterdam ;  Philadelphia :  John Benjamins Pub. Co.,  2011. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 173 p.) :  ill. 
 - Pragmatics & beyond new series ;  214 .
 - Pragmatics & beyond ;  new ser., 214. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttâb -- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharîa at the shopfloor level -- Telling the truth: the judge and the law in family matters -- The truth about oneself: three Arab channels and their self-presentation -- Speaking the truth: advocacy video clips against terror -- Narratives of truth: documenting the mind in a psychiatric hospital -- Conclusion: Truth: a matter of language game and practical achievement. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789027284655 (electronic bk.) 9027284652 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Truthfulness and falsehood--Arab countries.<br/>Truthfulness and falsehood--Religious aspects--Islam.<br/>Ethnology--Arab countries.<br/>LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ1428.A73  / D87 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.440917/5927