02307nam a2200469Ka 4500 ocn768761899 OCoLC 20200709055430.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 111219s2011 ne a ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9789027284655 (electronic bk.) 9027284652 (electronic bk.) 9789027256171 9027256179 (OCoLC)768761899 400908 (N$T) ma----- BJ1428.A73 D87 2011eb LAN 009050 bisacsh 306.440917/5927 23 N$TA Dupret, Baudouin. Practices of truth [electronic resource] : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / Baudouin Dupret. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011. 1 online resource (xiv, 173 p.) : ill. Pragmatics & beyond new series ; 214 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Description based on print version record. Truthfulness and falsehood Arab countries. Truthfulness and falsehood Religious aspects Islam. Ethnology Arab countries. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Dupret, Baudouin. Practices of truth. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 9789027256171 (DLC) 2011030027 (OCoLC)745980443 Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 214. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=400908 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50696 50696