Iconicity of syntax and narrative in Amerindian prosaic texts

The notion that the form of a word bears an arbitrary relation to its meaning accounts only partly for the attested relations between form and meaning in the world's languages. Recent research suggests a more textured view of syntactic and narrative structure in Amerindian prosaic texts, in whi...

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Main Author: Volkova Svitlana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-06-01
Series:Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2018.3.issue-1/lart-2018-0012/lart-2018-0012.xml?format=INT