Elizabeth Fortenbery

List of John Benjamins publications in which Elizabeth Fortenbery is involved.

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Fortenbery, Elizabeth 2015 “A she gi me words; well me gi she back de change”: The reframing of stigmatized talk by everyday women-of-words in St Vincent Language Issues in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Prescod, Paula (ed.), pp. 87–112 | Article
The poetic and strategic use of language by women in rural St Vincent is explored. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in 1992–1993 and 1998 in three leeward villages, the author offers examples of women using their verbal skills to reframe instances of stigmatized talk as part of their… read more
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