Discourse Forms and Processes in Indigenous Lowland South America

An Areal-Typological Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2296473
AutoresChristine Beier (0000-0002-2741-2676, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1086), Lev Michael (0000-0002-9612-5996, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1086), Joel Sherzer (0000-0003-4353-956X, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1086)
Ano2002
Volume31
Fascículo1
Páginas121-145
Data de publicação2002-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnnual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290
EditoraAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev.anthro.31.032902.105935
OpenAlexW2147575350
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas36
Referências citadas48

In indigenous lowland South America there are several discourse forms and processes that are shared by groups of people of distinct genetic linguistic affiliations; this leads us to posit this large region, which we label greater Amazonia, as a discourse area, a concept that parallels the notion of linguistic area. The discourse forms and processes we examine are ceremonial dialogue, dialogical performance, templatic ratifying, echo speech, ceremonial greeting, ritual wailing, evidentiality, speech reporting practices, parallelism, special languages, and shamanistic language use. We hypothesize that in lowland South America, discourse is the matrix for linguistic diffusion, i.e., that linguistic areas emerge within discourse areas. What we propose then is a discourse-centered approach to language change and history, parallel to a discourse-centered approach to language structure and use. Our survey includes a plea for a careful archiving of recorded and written materials dealing with lowland South American discourse

Dialogical self · Evidentiality · Indigenous · Linguistics · Parallels · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation