aikhenvald alexandra bradshaw robert ciucci (11 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -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.Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Strasse 13, 10785 Berlin 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

8vo. Pp: xii, 339. First Edition. Publisher's laminated blue, green, and gold pictorial boards with colour illustration and white lettering to front, colour illustration and blue lettering to spine, and white lettering to rear. Black and white tables and maps throughout and one colour illustrated chart. ISBN: 9783110789775 Near Fine. Very minor chipping to head of spine.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Celebrating Indigenous Voice | Legends and Narratives in Languages of the Tropics and Beyond | Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | VIII | Englisch | 2024 | De Gruyter Mouton | EAN 9783111627168 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, CQ University Robert Bradshaw, Pema Wangdi and Luca Ciucci, James Cook University. Every society thrives on stories, legends and myths. This volume explores t.

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