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Why do we quote? : the culture and history of quotation /

"This fascinating book examines the ways in which we quote today and the curious history of how quoting became part of our everyday lives. Quoting provides a link to our loved ones ("as my mother used to say ... "), to our religious and literary heritage, to past wisdom and to current...

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Main Author: Finnegan, Ruth H.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2011.
Subjects:
Quotation.
Quotations > History.
Quotation > Social aspects.
Anthropology.
Language.
Language: reference and general.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
REFERENCE > Quotations.
Quotations.
Quoting
Plagiarism
Iimitation
Originality
Quotation marks
Cultural history
Electronic books.
History.
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