Celebrating Indigenous Voice: Legends and Narratives in Languages of the Tropics and Beyond

Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (Editor)/ Bradshaw, Robert L. (Editor)/ Ciucci, Luca (Editor)/ Wangdi, Pema (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3111627160 / ISBN 13: 9783111627168

Editore: Mouton De Gruyter, 2024

347 pages. 9.05x6.10x9.21 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo x-3111627160

Riassunto:

Every society thrives on stories, legends and myths.

This volume explores the linguistic devices employed in the astoundingly rich narrative traditions in the tropical hot-spots of linguistic and cultural diversity, and the ways in which cultural changes and new means of communication affect narrative genres and structures. It focusses on linguistic and cultural facets of the narratives in the areas of linguistic diversity across the tropics and surrounding areas ― New Guinea, Northern Australia, Siberia, and also the Tibeto-Burman region. The introduction brings together the recurrent themes in the grammar and the substance of the narratives. The twelve contributions to the volume address grammatical forms and categories deployed in organizing the narrative and interweaving the protagonists and the narrator. These include quotations, person of the narrator and the protagonist, mirativity, demonstratives, and clause chaining. The contributors also address the kinds of narratives told, their organization and evolution in time and space, under the impact of post-colonial experience and new means of communication via social media.

The volume highlights the importance of documenting narrative tradition across indigenous languages.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, CQ University; Robert Bradshaw, Pema Wangdi and Luca Ciucci, James Cook University.

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Titolo: Celebrating Indigenous Voice: Legends and ...
Casa editrice: Mouton De Gruyter
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Brand New