Book
Western Apache language and culture: essays in linguistic anthropology
University of Arizona Press • Tucson • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Basso, Keith H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the language and culture of the Western Apache, with a focus on the Cibecue of the Fort Apache Reservation. Topics include: a semantic analysis of a set of Apache 'classificatory' verb stems; a discussion of the semantic domain delineated by Western Apache terms for the human body; an analysis of the written script invented by Silas John Edwards in 1904, a Western Apache religious leader; Apache metaphores; the use of silence, where appropriate, in conservation; and the use of placenames in two styles of contemporary (late twentieth century) discouse (framing historical narrative which recount events of abiding moral significance for members of the modern community, and a specialized kind of talk use to console persons beset by fear and anxiety).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Place names
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Grammar
- Phonology
- Sociolinguistics
- Semantics
- Writing
- Conversation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Western Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Linguist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959, 1964-1969, 1977-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cibecue Apache, Fort Apache Reservation, east central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Keith H. Basso
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89020242
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians