Robin Ann Shoaps
Biographic Data
| ID | 85313 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Ann Shoaps |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Shoaps |
| SIGNATURE | SHOAPS R A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Directives, Moral Authority, and Deontic Stance-Taking in Sakapultek Maya
Directives are the primary grammatical resource in Sakapultek for speakers' self-positioning with regard to notions of necessity, obligation, and responsibility. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and analysis of naturally occurring talk, I argue that such deontic stances require grounding in a locus of moral authority and index idealized relationship types among participants in a communicative event; distinguishing the multiplicity of Sakapultek …
Ritual and (im)moral voices: Locating the Testament of Judas in Sakapultek communicative ecology
In this article, I examine el Testamento de Judas (the Testament of Judas), an annual letter "from" Judas Iscariot to the townspeople of Sacapulas, Guatemala. Drawing on a conceptual framework that synthesizes Bakhtinian concepts of voice and speech genres, I argue that the characteristics of the Testament of Judas serve to create idealized "voices" that reflect stances toward its content and audience. Furthermore, I demonstrate that the Testamen…
Ritual and (im)moral voices: Locating the Testament of Judas in Sakapultek communicative ecology
In this article, I examine el Testamento de Judas (the Testament of Judas), an annual letter "from" Judas Iscariot to the townspeople of Sacapulas, Guatemala. Drawing on a conceptual framework that synthesizes Bakhtinian concepts of voice and speech genres, I argue that the characteristics of the Testament of Judas serve to create idealized "voices" that reflect stances toward its content and audience. Furthermore, I demonstrate that the Testamen…
Ritual and (im)moral voices: Locating the Testament of Judas in Sakapultek communicative ecology
In this article, I examine el Testamento de Judas (the Testament of Judas), an annual letter "from" Judas Iscariot to the townspeople of Sacapulas, Guatemala. Drawing on a conceptual framework that synthesizes Bakhtinian concepts of voice and speech genres, I argue that the characteristics of the Testament of Judas serve to create idealized "voices" that reflect stances toward its content and audience. Furthermore, I demonstrate that the Testamen…
Directives, Moral Authority, and Deontic Stance-Taking in Sakapultek Maya
Directives are the primary grammatical resource in Sakapultek for speakers' self-positioning with regard to notions of necessity, obligation, and responsibility. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and analysis of naturally occurring talk, I argue that such deontic stances require grounding in a locus of moral authority and index idealized relationship types among participants in a communicative event; distinguishing the multiplicity of Sakapultek …
Anthropology (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Deontic logic (1 works) · Directive (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Ethnography (1 works) · Formality (1 works)