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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 s...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.; ebrary, Inc.
Group Author: Sherzer, Joel; Urban, Greg 1949-
Published: Mouton de Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin:
Publication Dates: [2010]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Languages > Discourse analysis > Congresses
Indians of South America > Languages > Social aspects > Congresses
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110858129
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Summary: 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
Item Description: "Outgrowth of a conference held at the Institute of Latin American Studies of the University of Texas in March of 1984"--Pref
Includes bibliographies and index
Carrier Form: 1 online ressource (viii, 347 pages)
ISBN: 9783110858129
Index Number: PM5027
CLC: K770.8
Contents: Preface; Contents; 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 Expression: Wailing, Collective Singing, and Political Oratory - Laura Graham; Quoted Dialogues in Kalapalo Narrative Discourse - Ellen Basso; The Report of a Kuna Curing Specialist: The Poetics and Rhetoric of an Oral Performance - Joel Sherzer; Styles of Toba Discourse - Harriet Klein.
Topic Continuity and OVS Order in Hixkaryana - Desmond C. DerbyshireThe Decline of Dialogue: Ceremonial and Mythological Discourse among the Shuar and Achuar of Eastern Ecuador - Maurizio Gnerre; Guide to Tape Selections; Index.

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