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Cite Journal: Quarterly Journal of Speech |  Publication Date: Feb 1, 1983 |
 Citations: 47 |
Affiliation: University of Georgia
Folkloric speech acts contribute to social order by controlling and directing human behavior. To illustrate how folklore functions as a social regulator, an obscene rhetorical event, known in Black communities as “Playing the Dozens,” is examined.
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