Format:
1 online resource (356 pages)
ISBN:
9783110858129
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 in Hixkaryana / Desmond C. Derbyshire -- Decline of dialogue : ceremonial and mythological discourse among the Shuar and Achuar of eastern Ecuador / Maurizio Gnerre.
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 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 Expression: Wailing, Collective Singing, and Political Oratory - Laura Graham -- Quoted Dialogues in Kalapalo Narrative Discourse - Ellen Basso -- The Report of a Kuna Curing Specialist: The Poetics and Rhetoric of an Oral Performance - Joel Sherzer -- Styles of Toba Discourse - Harriet Klein -- Topic Continuity and OVS Order in Hixkaryana - Desmond C. Derbyshire -- The Decline of Dialogue: Ceremonial and Mythological Discourse among the Shuar and Achuar of Eastern Ecuador - Maurizio Gnerre -- Guide to Tape Selections -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110105117
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783110105117
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=938472
