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A Pattern of verbal irony in Chinookan
International journal of the sociology of language • 65 • Published In 1987 • Pages: 97-110
By: Hymes, Dell H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Humor is an essential aspect of American Indian narratives, yet many of authors of the analyses and explanations of myths and tales forget that one reason the stories were told and preserved is that people enjoy them so much (p. 97). In this paper Hymes examines in detail two Clackamas Chinookan texts in order to explore elements of humor and verbal irony in the narratives.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Grammar
- Sociolinguistics
- Humor
- Verbal arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chinookans of the Lower Columbia River
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1929-1930
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- nineteenth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Clackamas Chinook, Lower Chinook region, northern Oregon, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dell H. Hymes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81645517
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chinook Indians