Western Apache Language and Culture: Essays in Linguistic Anthropology
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Book Overview
Seven essays, collected here for the first time, define some of the central concerns of linguistic anthropology through the close study of Western Apache, a language of astonishing complexity. All of the essays have been revised for this anthology. Basso, a major authority in the field of linguistic anthropology, has drawn on fieldwork at the village of Cibecue, whose residents speak a dialect of Western Apache that is spoken nowhere else...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0816513236
ISBN13:9780816513239
Release Date:July 1992
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Length:195 Pages
Weight:0.76 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
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Excellent Buy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I bought this book for an Anthropology class. The syntax is complex and sometimes difficult to understand, but for the subject matter, it's a great buy.
Interpretive Analysis of Western Apache Language and Culture
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Author Keith Basso has compiled seven essays over a span of twenty-five years to create a thourough and interpretive look at importance of symbol in Western Apache language and culture. Through his study of Native American language, he adresses several topics including the influencial nature of metaphor and placenames, and the use of silence for the Western Apache.
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