Proverbs

[Riddle, Elizabeth]

Thanks for the reference, Phil!

Liz

Elizabeth M. Riddle
Professor and Chair
Department of English
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306 USA
emriddle at bsu.edu
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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 1:08 PM
To: Riddle, Elizabeth
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Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Proverbs

Elizabeth,

What you say about communicative purpose reminded me of Keith Basso's work with the Western Apache, in particular _Wisdom Sits in Places_.

Cheers,

Phil Young, Professor Emeritus
Department of Anthropology
1218 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
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