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The represented functions of speech in Shokleng myth
Reflexive language: reported speech and metapragmatics • Cambridge • Published In 1993 • Pages: 241-259
By: Urban, Greg, Lucy, John Arthur.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is basically a study in theoretical linguistics in which the author analyzes the functions of speech as represented in Shokling (Xokleng) myths. The first one of these functions is the "meaning bearing" or "signaling" function in which a sentence is to be understood as declarative or imperative with its meaning clearly encoded in its general context. The second function, termed the "goal functions" of discourse describes the ways in which speech serves as a form of social action to accomplish the particular ends that the speaker has in mind. Urban then proceeds to illustrate how these functions operate in five selected Shokling mythological tales.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Speech
- Verbal arts
- Dissemination of news and information
- Social relationships and groups
- Drives and emotions
- Music
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Xokleng
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern South America
- 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; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1976, 1981-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1974-1982
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Greg Urban
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91012045
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shokleng Indians