The Twins Stories

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ISBN: 9780520097742 | 0520097742
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/1993

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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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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
Aims and Organization	p. 1
The Yagua People: Demography and Sociolinguistic Context	p. 2
The Yagua Language	p. 3
Data Base of the Study	p. 6
Previous Research	p. 7
Coding Devices	p. 16
A and S[subscript a] Coding	p. 16
O and S[subscript o] Coding	p. 23
Possessor Coding	p. 33
Oblique Coding	p. 34
Coreference Phenomena	p. 41
A, S[subscript a], Possessor and Oblique Coreference	p. 41
Reflexivity/Reciprocity	p. 43
Coreference in Participial Complements	p. 45
The Pragmatic Uses of Coreference Forms	p. 46
Topic Continuity	p. 50
The Contribution of Topic Continuity to a Theory of Anaphora	p. 50
Technique	p. 54
Modifications	p. 55
Data Base of the Quantitative Study	p. 57
The Results	p. 58
Additional Factors Affecting Choice of Coding Device	p. 84
Short Range Devices Used to Code Distant Participants	p. 84
Long Range Devices Used to Code Recently Mentioned Participants	p. 88
Alternative Long-range Devices	p. 96
Discourse Motivations For S[subcript o] Coding	p. 102
S[subscript o] Coding and Locomotion	p. 102
Definitions	p. 103
S[subcript o] Coding in Pajonal Campa	p. 104
S[subcript o] Coding in Yagua	p. 107
Exceptions to the General Pattern	p. 115
Towards an Explanation	p. 116
Pronouns in Discourse	p. 126
The Data Base	p. 126
Factors of Topic Continuity	p. 127
Exclusive Contrast: PPRO and A/S[subscript a] Participants	p. 129
PPRO and O/S[subscript o] Participants	p. 135
Conclusion	p. 137
Conclusions	p. 140
The Multi-dimensional Nature of Linguistic Functions	p. 140
Location and Discourse Structure	p. 146
The Importance of Lowland South American Languages	p. 147
Appendix One: The Kneebite Twins	p. 151
Appendix Two: The First Squirrel	p. 171
Appendix Three: The One-eyed Warriors	p. 187
Appendix Four: The Non-Identical Twins Cycle	p. 198
References Cited	p. 215
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