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Poetic structuring of Kuna discourse: The line*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Joel Sherzer
Joel Sherzer
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Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
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Abstract

A central feature of the oral discourse of the Kuna Indians of Panama is the line. The nature of lines, verses, and other poetic and rhetorical units has recently emerged as a significant topic within the study of native American languages and discourse generally. Investigation of the structuring of Kuna lines requires attention to the intersection and interplay of linguistic, sociolinguistic, and poetic structures, patterns, and processes. (Discourse, line and verse patterning, ethnopoetics; Panama, Kuna.)

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Language in Society , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , December 1982, pp. 371 - 390
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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