Participant reference in Isthmus Mixe narrative discourse

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Dieterman, Julia Irene
Issue Date: 
1998
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Journal of Translation and Textlinguistics, 10
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pages 47-79
Abstract: 
This article analyzes the forms and functions associated with participant reference in Isthmus Mixe narrative discourse. Means of encoding participant reference in Isthmus Mixe include noun phrases, pronouns, and agreement markers on verbs. I apply a methodology described by Levinsohn 1994 in Field Procedures for the Analysis of Participant Reference in a Monologue Discourse. Analyzing participant reference as related to the discourse as a whole is necessary to provide an adequate description of the language, and a number of discourse features are shown to be relevant to this determination. The results of my analysis reveal specific patterns in the ways participant references are encoded in various contexts. Knowledge of these patterns is of great importance in order to produce translated literature that is more easily understood because it follows the same patterns of participant reference with which the speakers of the language are already familiar.
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Published
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Mexico
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Entry Number: 
7642