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The represented functions of speech in Shokleng mytharticle 1993 • Urban, Greg & Lucy, John Arthur
Xokleng • South America > Eastern South America
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 ...