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Product details
- ISBN 9780520097742
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 1993
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
