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Native American Discourse
Poetics and Rhetoric

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Klappentext The aim of this book is to advance a fresh perspective on the presentation! philology! analysis! and interpretation of oral literature and verbal art. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1987! the aim of this book is to advance a fresh perspective on the presentation! philology! analysis! and interpretation of oral literature and verbal art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction Joel Sherzer and Anthony C. Woodbury; 2. Tonkawa poetics: John Rush buffalo's 'Coyote and Eagle's daughter' Dell Hymes; 3. Warm Springs Sahaptin narrative analysis Virginia Hymes; 4. Poetic structuring of Kuna discouse: the line Joel Sherzer; 5. Hearing a voice in an ancient test: Quiché Maya poetics in performance Dennis Tedlock; 6. Rhetorical structure in a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo traditional narrative Anthony C. Woodbury; Indices.

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Authors Sherzer, Joel Woodbury Sherzer, Joel Sherzer
Assisted by Anthony C. Woodbury (Editor), Ruth H. Finnegan (Editor), Joel Sherzer (Editor), Peter Burke (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 17.09.1987
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
 
EAN 9780521338448
ISBN 978-0-521-33844-8
Pages 260
 
Series Cambridge Studies in Oral and > 13
 

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