UID:
edocfu_9959232887802883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 347 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
Reprint 2010
ISBN:
3-11-085812-6
Content:
Introduction / Joel Sherzer and Greg Urban -- Semiotic functions of macro-parallelism in the Shokleng origin myth / Greg Urban -- Oratory is spoken, myth is told, and song is sung, but they are all music to my ears / Anthony Seeger -- Three modes of Shavante vocal expressions : wailing, collective singing, and political oratory / Laura Graham -- Quoted dialogues in Kalapalo narrative discourse / Ellen Basso -- Report of a Kuna curing specialist : the poetics and rhetoric of an oral performance / Joel Sherzer -- Styles of Toba discourse / Harriet Klein -- Topic continutity and OVS order
Note:
"Outgrowth of a conference held at the Institute of Latin American Studies of the University of Texas in March of 1984"--Pref.
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Front matter --
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Introduction /
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Semiotic Functions of Macro-parallelism in the Shokleng Origin Myth /
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Oratory Is Spoken, Myth Is Told, and Song Is Sung, but They Are All Music to My Ears /
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Three Modes of Shavante Vocal Expression: Wailing, Collective Singing, and Political Oratory /
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Quoted Dialogues in Kalapalo Narrative Discourse /
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The Report of a Kuna Curing Specialist: The Poetics and Rhetoric of an Oral Performance /
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Styles of Toba Discourse /
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Topic Continuity and OVS Order in Hixkaryana /
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The Decline of Dialogue: Ceremonial and Mythological Discourse among the Shuar and Achuar of Eastern Ecuador /
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Guide to Tape Selections --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-010511-X
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
DOI:
10.1515/9783110858129
