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These original essays study ritual language and parallelism (the strict ordering of words and phrases in alternative, duplicate form). The introduction puts the topic in historical perspective and what was once viewed as a composition form unique to ancient Hebrew is now seen as a feature common to literatures around the world. Here is the first book to compare in detail living traditions of parallel composition. Yet, despite the diversity of languages discussed by the contributors, their materials are drawn from a single cultural area still unknown to most specialists: Eastern Indonesia. All the essays contain original texts with translations and with detailed commentary on both content and context.
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Material for a detailed analysis of parallel composition, once viewed as a linguistic form unique to ancient Hebrew, but now seen as common to literatures around the world, is drawn from the culture of Eastern Indonesia.
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To speak in pairs : essays on the ritual languages of eastern Indonesia / editor, James J. Fox
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 338 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-333) and index. Contents; 1. Etiquette in Kodi spirit communication : the mouths told to speak / Janet Alison Hoskins -- 2. Method in the metaphor : the ritual language of Wanukaka / David Mitchell -- 3. Li'i marapu : speech and ritual among the Wewewa of west Sumba / Brigitte Renard-Clamagirand -- 4. The pattern of prayer in Weyewa / Joel C. Kuipers -- 5. Fashioned speech, full communication : aspects of eastern Sumbanese ritual language / Gregory Forth -- 6. Manu Kama's road, Tepa Nilus path : theme, narrative, and formula in Rotinese ritual language / James J. Fox -- 7. The case of the purloined statues : the power of words among the Lionese / Eriko Aoki -- 8. The journey of the bridegroom : idioms of marriage among the Endenese / Satoshi Nakagawa -- 9. A quest for the source : the ontogenesis of a creation myth of the Ata Tana Ai / E.D. Lewis -- 10. The tree of desire : a Toraja ritual poem / Charles Zerner and Toby Alice Volkman. Subjects; Language and languages Religious aspects. Ritual. Indonesian language. Religion. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 425289
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 338 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-333) and index. Contents; 1. Etiquette in Kodi spirit communication : the mouths told to speak / Janet Alison Hoskins -- 2. Method in the metaphor : the ritual language of Wanukaka / David Mitchell -- 3. Li'i marapu : speech and ritual among the Wewewa of west Sumba / Brigitte Renard-Clamagirand -- 4. The pattern of prayer in Weyewa / Joel C. Kuipers -- 5. Fashioned speech, full communication : aspects of eastern Sumbanese ritual language / Gregory Forth -- 6. Manu Kama's road, Tepa Nilus path : theme, narrative, and formula in Rotinese ritual language / James J. Fox -- 7. The case of the purloined statues : the power of words among the Lionese / Eriko Aoki -- 8. The journey of the bridegroom : idioms of marriage among the Endenese / Satoshi Nakagawa -- 9. A quest for the source : the ontogenesis of a creation myth of the Ata Tana Ai / E.D. Lewis -- 10. The tree of desire : a Toraja ritual poem / Charles Zerner and Toby Alice Volkman. Subjects; Language and languages Religious aspects. Ritual. Indonesian language. Religion. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 425289
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. These original essays study ritual language and parallelism (the strict ordering of words and phrases in alternative, duplicate form). The introduction puts the topic in historical perspective and what was once viewed as a composition form unique to ancient Hebrew is now seen as a feature common to literatures around the world. Here is the first book to compare in detail living traditions of parallel composition. Yet, despite the diversity of languages discussed by the contributors, their materials are drawn from a single cultural area still unknown to most specialists: Eastern Indonesia. All the essays contain original texts with translations and with detailed commentary on both content and context. This collection of essays is a major contribution to the study of oral composition and ritual communication, and in particular to the use of 'parallelism' (the poetic ordering of words and phrases in alternative, duplicate form). To Speak in Pairs represents an important advance in the study of oral literature in context. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780521343329
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