Janis B Nuckolls

Gebundenes Buch

Lessons from a Quechua Strongwoman

Ideophony, Dialogue, and Perspective

Beschreibung

Using the intriguing stories and words of a Quechua-speaking woman from Ecuador, Janis B. Nuckolls reveals a complex language system in which ideophony, dialogue, and perspective are all at the core of cultural and grammatical communications among Amazonian Quechua speakers.

Autor

Janis B. Nuckolls is an associate professor at Brigham Young University and an anthropological linguist with many years of field experience, primarily in Amazonian Ecuador. In addition to many journal articles, she is the author of Sounds like Life: Sound-symbolic Grammar, Performance and Cognition in Pastaza Quechua.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Arizona Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780816528585
• ISBN-10: 0816528586
• Artikelnr.: 30694169