TY - BOOK AU - Dupret,Baudouin TI - Practices of truth: an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts T2 - Pragmatics & beyond new series SN - 9789027284655 (electronic bk.) AV - BJ1428.A73 D87 2011eb U1 - 306.440917/5927 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Amsterdam, Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Pub. Co. KW - Truthfulness and falsehood KW - Arab countries KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam KW - Ethnology KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=400908 ER -