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Peer reviewedBernard, H. Russell – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1973
Orthography presented here based on research supported by the Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society; work on phonology supported by the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. (RS)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Orthographic Symbols, Phonemes
Peer reviewedBriggs, Janet R. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedParrott, Muriel; Waterhouse, Viola – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1975
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
Peer reviewedDerbyshire, Desmond C. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1977
The Hixkaryana language is discussed concerning its functions and forms of redundancy, and a transcription of the first part of a folktale narrative is shown. (NCR)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Discourse Analysis, Language Role, Language Usage
