Twins stories, the: participant coding in yagua narrative
Auteur :
Payne, Thomas E.
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520097742
Date de publication :
15 févr. 1993
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
499 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.