Native South American Discourse
Author | : Joel Sherzer |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2010-10-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783110858129 |
ISBN-13 | : 3110858126 |
Rating | : 4/5 (126 Downloads) |
Download or read book Native South American Discourse written by Joel Sherzer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.