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The language of possession: Three case studies

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2013

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Keen, Ian

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Cambridge University Press

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Anthropologists often construe property in terms of rights, obligations, and interests, or use property in a largely undefined way. The use of the language of rights as a metalanguage is questionable for it is culturally specific, having developed in the

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72436

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ANU Research Publications

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Language in Society

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10.1017/S0047404513000043

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2037-12-31

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