Book
Western Apache language and culture: essays in linguistic anthropology
University of Arizona Press • Tucson • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Basso, Keith H..
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Linguist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field Date
- 1959, 1964-1969, 1977-1980
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Cibecue Apache, Fort Apache Reservation, east central Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Keith H. Basso
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and index
- LCCN
- 89020242
- LCSH
- Western Apache Indians