The Twins Stories: Participant Coding in Yagua Narrative Volume 120 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520097742)

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.

Author: Thomas E. Payne
ISBN-10: 0520097742
ISBN-13: 9780520097742
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/1993
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d