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ASPECTS OF THE KAM LANGUAGE, AS REVEALED IN ITS NARRATIVE DISCOURSE
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2004-08)
Discourse analysis has long been understudied in Kam. This research aims to initiate the exploration of this new field by examining various aspects of Kam narrative discourse and reveal its structural properties through a ...
PROTO-QUICHEAN KINSHIP
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1986-05)
The Quichean languages are comprised of a family of related languages of the Mayan stock, spoken principally in the highlands of Guatemala in Central America. Some of the kinship terminologies currently in use by the ...
LINGUISTIC VARIATION WITHIN GUMUZ: A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HISTORICAL CHANGE AND INTELLIGIBILITY
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2004-05)
The Gumuz language is spoken by roughly 160,000 people across the Blue Nile region of Ethiopia and Sudan (Grimes 2004). Gumuz is the sole member of the Gumuz family which is part of the larger Nilo-Saharan super-family ...
UNRAVELLING MURDER AND MAYHEM: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF A WIRU DIVINATION ACCOUNT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1987-12)
The endeavor to understand another emic view of reality offers a conceptual challenge to any observer-analyst. This paper presents the author's reflections upon his encounter with another culture and language and his ...
THE CODE MODEL OF COMMUNICATION: A POWERFUL METAPHOR IN LINGUISTIC METATHEORY
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1999-12)
The concept of communication is a fundamental notion in the metatheory of linguistics. This study explores the historical development and influence of a particular model of communication, labeled the ‘code model’. This ...
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE 1998 UNITED STATES SENATE CANDIDATES' PRE-ELECTION DEBATES
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2000-08)
Every two years, candidates for national-level public office participate in pre-election debates as part of their campaign. In debates, candidates attempt to distinguish themselves from their opponents and persuade the ...
LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF THREE GUJARATI FOLKTALES
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1983-05)
This study represents an attempt to place linguistic analysis in the cultural setting. The linguistic aspect of this study is presented in the framework of discourse grammar following the model developed by Longacre (1976, ...