The Twins Stories By Thomas Edward Payne 9780520097742 (Paperback)

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Literary theory

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Wordery

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University of california press

The Twins Stories : University of California Press : 9780520097742 : 0520097742 : 04 Nov 1993 : This work is a quantitative discourse study of referential devices in Yagua, a relatively unstudied language of the Amazon basin. Of particular interest are folktales in which the major participants are matched pairs, and which involve extensive use of direct speech. A major finding is that the indices of "Referential Distance" and "Persistence" quantify distinct functional domains.

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