Well-Formed Narrative in Highland Oaxaca Chontal.

Parrott, Muriel; Waterhouse, Viola

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Well-Formed Narrative in Highland Oaxaca Chontal

Parrott, Muriel; Waterhouse, Viola

International Journal of American Linguistics, 41, 2, 148-154, Apr 75

The original text, literal, and free translations of a story are examined for dramatic, phonological, and grammatical style. Terseness is compensated for by variation of utterance; literary characteristics are repetition, ellipses, flashbacks, and dependent sentences. (MSE)

Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Discourse Analysis, Intonation, Literary Criticism, Story Telling, Tales

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