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From Utterances to Speech Acts

By Mikhail Kissine

"Kissine offers a new theory of speech acts which is philosophically sophisticated and builds on work in cognitive science, formal semantics, and linguistic typology. This highly readable, brilliant essay is a major contribution to the field."

--François Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod


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Title: Cashibo Folklore and Culture: Prose, Poetry, and Historical Background
Written By: Lila Wistrand-Robinson
URL: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_product.asp?isbn=9781556710483
Series Title: Publications in Ethnography #34
Description:

Lila Wistrand-Robinson, who is an Adjunct Professor of Social Studies at Black River Technical College in Pocohontas, Arkansas, has taken the data from her doctoral thesis on Cashibo, a Panoan language, and revised it for general readership. The research for this work was done over a six-year period during which Dr. Wistrand-Robinson made several trips to the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Azul 'Blue Ridge' area of the Andes in Peru. The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains many of the myths, legends, and chants passed from father to son among the Cashibo. For those readers who are particularly interested in how the stories relate to other Panoan languages, each tale has been linked with Thompson's list of anthropological themes. Part two of the book describes the history of the Cashibo people and culture up to the mid 1960s. The references section includes not only those cited by the author in the volume, but also anthropological and linguistic works that discuss Panoan culture in general, and the Cashibo in particular. This section alone is a valuable resource for those interested in studying the languages and cultures of the indigenous groups living in the Peruvian rain forest.

Publication Year: 1998
Publisher: SIL International Publications
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Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable
Subject Language(s): Cashibo-Cacataibo

Versions:
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1556710488
ISBN-13: 9781556710483
Pages: 195
Prices: U.S. $ 30.50