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BL
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1034314
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b788684
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| Title & Author
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Vocabularies of public life : : empirical essays in symbolic structure /\ edited by Robert Wuthnow.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1992.
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1 online resource (viii, 270 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203222040
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: 0415076366
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: 0415076374
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: 1134902484
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: 6610323275
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: 9780203222041
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: 9780415076364
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: 9780415076371
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: 9781134902439
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: 9781134902477
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: 9781134902484
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: 9786610323272
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0415076366
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors page; Introduction: New directions in the empirical study of cultural codes; The restriction of meaning in religious discourse: centripetal devices in a fundamentalist Christian sermon; The gospel of giving: the narrative construction of a sacrificial economy; When scientists saw ghosts and why they stopped: American spiritualism in history; Reading science as text; Paradox in the discourse of science; Putting it together: measuring the syntax of aural and visual symbols.
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| Abstract
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Examines the symbolic structure of such important contemporary manifestations of culture as religious discourse, scientific texts, popular music, symbols, art, dance, law and public policy.
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Communication-- Social aspects.
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Discourse analysis.
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Symbolism in communication.
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Communication-- Social aspects.
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Discourse analysis.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Communication Studies.
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Symbolism in communication.
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| Dewey Classification
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302.2
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| LC Classification
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HM258.V63 1991beb
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| Added Entry
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Wuthnow, Robert.
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