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Discourse‐Centered Approach to Language and Culture
- Joel Sherzer
- Art
- 1 June 1987
The Sapir- Whorf hypothesis, as usually formulated, searches for isomorphisms between grammar and culture and views language as either providing the means for thought and perception, or, in its…
Verbal and Nonverbal Deixis: The Pointed Lip Gesture among the San Blas Cuna.
- Joel Sherzer
- Psychology
- 1 April 1973
The pointed lip gesture is a facial gesture in use among the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama. It occurs in various contexts with meanings which at first appear to be unrelated. An analysis of the…
Discourse Forms and Processes in Indigenous Lowland South America: An Areal-Typological Perspective
- C. Beier, Lev Michael, Joel Sherzer
- Sociology, Linguistics
- 1 October 2002
▪ Abstract 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…
Speech play and verbal art
- Joel Sherzer
- Linguistics, Art
- 2002
Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Grammar of Play and the Play of Grammar 3. Forms of Speech Play in Context 4. From Speech Play to Verbal Art 5. Contexts for Speech Play Notes References Credits Index
Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking
- R. Bauman, Joel Sherzer
- Linguistics
- 1975
Introduction to the second edition Part I. Preface and Introduction: Preface Introduction Part II. Communities and Resources for Performance: Introduction 1. A quantitative paradigm for the study of…
The Ethnography of Speaking
- R. Bauman, Joel Sherzer
- Sociology, Linguistics
- 1 October 1975
The ethnography of speaking has had a relatively brief history as a named field of inquiry, dating back only to 1962 and the appearance of Dell Hymes' seminal essay, " The Ethnography of Speaking"…
Kuna Ways of Speaking: An Ethnographic Perspective
- Joel Sherzer
- Sociology
- 1 October 1984
Verbal Art in San Blas: Kuna Culture through Its Discourse
- Zdeněk Salzmann, Joel Sherzer
- Art, Linguistics
- 1 June 1993
First published in 1990, this linguistic study of the Kuna Indians of Panama is now available only from UNM Press.
Nation-States and Indians in Latin America
- P. Wade, Greg Urban, Joel Sherzer
- Political Science
- 1 May 1992
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