Korowai of Irian Jaya - Their Language in Its Cultural Context

Zusatztext Throughout, the authors aim for richness of descriptive detail at the expense of theory in order to "bring readers as close as possible to the fascinating reality of the Korowai language and oral literature," and use theory only to enable the "clear presentation of complex facts" ... the book remains true to its promise: to be the "first step" in the study of the Korowai ... We gain from this book rich descriptions about a people on the cusp of intensive social change. Klappentext Irian Jaya is the official name of the western half of New Guinea! a province of Indonesia since the 1960s. Its inhabitants are generally untouched by civilization! and most of their hundreds of native languages and cultures remain unstudied. Van Enk and de Vries gained access to one of the most isolated parts of Irian Jaya in order to study the Korowai! a tribe in southern Irian Jaya. The Korowai still use stone tools! live in tree-houses! and have no knowledge of the outside world. Van Enk and de Vries provide the first study of the Korowai language and culture. They reproduce oral texts that show patterns of grammar! discourse! and culture! and discuss the phonological! morphological! and syntactical aspects of the language. In the process! van Enk and de Vries reveal a number of key semantic fields and conceptual patterns such as kinship! counting! the role of lunar phases! and Korowai cosmology. Zusammenfassung This is a compilation of basic linguistic and anthropological information about the Korowai of Irian Jaya (the western half of New Guinea). Remote and untouched by the modern world! they are threatened by the larger Indonesian society. Their language! oral literature! and ethnography are examined in a systematic and integrated manner.

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• Autori: Lourens De Vries, Gerrit J. van Enk, Gerrit J. van (Lecturer in Linguistics Enk, Gerrit J.Van Enk, Gerrit J.van Vries Enk, Enk De Vries Van, Gerrit J. Van Enk, Lourens De Vries, Lourens de (Lecturer in Linguistics Vries, Lourens J.De Vries, Vries Lourens de
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.1996
• EAN: 9780195105513
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510551-3
• Pagine: 336
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Anthropologi; Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociolinguistics, Indonesia