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Charles L. Briggs, Competence in performance: The creativity of tradition in Mexicano verbal art. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988. Pp. xix + 427.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Joel C. Kuipers
Joel C. Kuipers
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Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052
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Language in Society , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , December 1990 , pp. 600 - 604
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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