The Twins Stories: Participant Coding in Yagua Narrative Volume 120

by Thomas E. Payne

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520097742
• ISBN13: 9780520097742
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"