Speech Play and Verbal Art: A Comparative Study of Language Use

FAIN: FA-34421-97

Joel F. Sherzer
University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX 78712-0100)

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Associated Products

Speech Play and Verbal Art (Book)
Title: Speech Play and Verbal Art
Author: Joel Sherzer
Abstract: The first general, unified, book-length treatment, from a linguistic-anthropological viewpoint, of 'speech play.'
Year: 2002
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/speech-play-and-verbal-art/oclc/48661145&referer=brief_results
Access Model: Book
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 0292777698

Stories, myths, chants, and songs of the Kuna Indians (Book)
Title: Stories, myths, chants, and songs of the Kuna Indians
Author: Joel Sherzer
Abstract: The Kuna Indians of Panama, probably best known for molas, their colorful appliqué blouses, also have a rich literary tradition of oral stories and performances. One of the largest indigenous groups in the South American tropics, the majority of them (about 70,000) reside in Kuna Yala, a string of island and mainland villages stretching along the Caribbean coast. It is here that Joel Sherzer lived among them, photographing and recording their verbal performances, which he feels are representative of the beauty, complexity, and diversity of the oral literary traditions of the indigenous peoples of Latin America.
Year: 2003
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/stories-myths-chants-and-songs-of-the-kuna-indians/oclc/53075913&referer=brief_results
Access Model: Book
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 0292702272

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