Kar?̲uk : native accounts of the Quechan mourning ceremony /
To supplement the ethnographic literature on the Quechan tribe of the Lower Colorado River, A.M. Halpern recorded three accounts of the Quechan mourning ceremony from native speakers in the Yuma language. These texts are presented in a prosodic line format with matching English translations to captu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
1997
Berkeley, Calif. : 1997 |
| Series: | University of California publications in linguistics ;
v. 128 University of California publications in linguistics ; v. 128 University of California publications in linguistics v. 128 |
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| Summary: | To supplement the ethnographic literature on the Quechan tribe of the Lower Colorado River, A.M. Halpern recorded three accounts of the Quechan mourning ceremony from native speakers in the Yuma language. These texts are presented in a prosodic line format with matching English translations to capture aspects of the oral performances and discourse structure. The volume also includes introductory material and annotations that will be of value to a wide audience |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xix, 338 p xix, 338 p. : ill. ; 28 cm xix, 338 p. ; 28 cm xix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0520098188 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520098188 9780520098183 |