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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Payne, Thomas E
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| Publisher: |
University of California Press
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| Date: |
02/15/1993
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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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.
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