Essays in Language and Culture 1: Sound Patterns of Kuna
Ensayos en Idioma y Cultura 1: Patrones sonoros del kuna
Object Details
| Subject Language | Kuna, San Blas |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119499 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | Essays in Language and Culture 1: Sound Patterns of Kuna |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | United States |
| Place Created | Austin, Texas |
| Date Created | 1970 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | The papers included here demonstrate that to analyze the formal properties of a language, it is necessary to pay attention ot the social and cultural contexts of the language in use. Contents: 1. Writing Kuna 2. A problem in Cuna phonology (available at https://ailla.utexas.org/islandora/object/ailla:133720) 3. Talking backwards in Cuna: the sociological reality of phonological descriptions (available at https://ailla.utexas.org/islandora/object/ailla:133721) 4. Play languages with a note on ritual languages |
| Genres | Article |
| Source Note | |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Sherzer, Joel (Author) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
Media Files
There are 2 objects in this resource| Object | File Types | Access Level |
|---|---|---|
| Writing_Kuna.pdf | application/pdf | 1 |
| Sherzer-Play_languages_with_a_note_on_ritual_languages.pdf | application/pdf | 4 |
