Linguistic and cultural conceptualisations of time in Huni Kuĩ, Awetý and Kamaiurá indigenous communities of Brazil

This thesis reports a comprehensive investigation and discussion of event-based concepts of time in three indigenous cultures and languages of Brazil: Huni Kuĩ, Awetý and Kamaiurá. The research was based on field work in the three communities. A combination of methods was used that varied from st...

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Main Author: Da Silva Sinha, Vera
Published: University of East Anglia 2018
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.761595