Twins Stories - Participant Coding in Yagua Narrative

Klappentext This work is a quantitative discourse study of referential devices in Yagua! a relatively unstudied language of the Amazon basin. Of particular interest are folktales in which the major participants are matched pairs! and which involve extensive use of direct speech. A major finding is that the indices of "Referential Distance" and "Persistence" quantify distinct functional domains. Zusammenfassung This work is a quantitative discourse study of referential devices in Yagua, a relatively unstudied language of the Amazon basin. Of particular interest are folktales in which the major participants are matched pairs, and which involve extensive use of direct speech. A major finding is that the indices of "Referential Distance" and "Persistence" quantify distinct functional domains.

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• Authors: Thomas E. Payne, Payne Thomas E.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.1993
• EAN: 9780520097742
• ISBN: 978-0-520-09774-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: University of California Publi; UC Publications in Linguistics; University of California Publi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General