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| Introduction New Directions in the Empirical Study of Cultural Codes | p. 1 |
| Vocabularies of Conviction | p. 17 |
| The Restriction of Meaning in Religious Discourse: Centripetal Devices in a Fundamentalist Christian Sermon | p. 19 |
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| p. 32 | |
| Notes | p. 33 |
| References | p. 34 |
| The Gospel of Giving : The Narrative Construction of a Sacrificial Economy | p. 39 |
| Notes | p. 55 |
| When Scientists Saw Ghosts and Why They Stopped: American Spiritualism in History | p. 57 |
| References | p. 73 |
| Reading Science as Text | p. 75 |
| References | p. 89 |
| Paradox in the Discourse of Science | p. 91 |
| Vocabularies of Expression | p. 109 |
| Putting It Together: Measuring the Syntax of Aural and Visual Symbols | p. 111 |
| References | p. 128 |
| The Musical Structure and Social Context of Number One Songs, 1955 to 1988: an Exploratory Analysis | p. 130 |
| Construction of the Musical Measurements | p. 145 |
| References | p. 152 |
| A Theory of Pictorial Discourse | p. 158 |
| Decoding the Syntax of Modern Dance | p. 169 |
| Vocabularies of Persuasion | p. 183 |
| Metaphors of Industrial Rationality: The Social Construction of Electronics Policy in the United States and France | p. 185 |
| References | p. 204 |
| The Parameters of Possible Constitutional Interpretation | p. 207 |
| The Role of Elites in Setting Agendas for Public Debate: a Historical Case | p. 234 |
| Materialism, Ideology, and Political Change | p. 248 |
| References | p. 261 |
| Index | p. 263 |
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