3 The sound of one quotation mark: Quoted speech in Indigenous Australian narrative

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. List of figures IX
5. List of tables XI
6. 1 Introduction. Legends and narratives in language and culture 1
7. 2 First person orientation in Yidiñ narratives and its implications 17
8. 3 The sound of one quotation mark: Quoted speech in Indigenous Australian narrative 33
9. 4 A medial clause does it all: Coherence, continuity, and addressee involvement in Manambu 73
10. 5 Contact-induced clause-linking changes in Doromu-Koki: New genres, new strategies 95
11. 6 Verbatim narrative prompting to children in Nungon 121
12. 7 Adjoining clauses in Brokpa narratives 143
13. 8 Discourse functions of ‘visible’ and ‘nonvisible’ demonstratives in Tiang (New Ireland) and in a cross-linguistic perspective 181
14. 9 Miratives and magic: On “newness” as iconic grammar in Kurtöp narratives 219
15. 10 Reading Siberian folklore: Miratives, pre-mirative contexts and “Hero’s Journey” 237
16. 11 Jawoyn trickster stories of Southern Arnhem Land 261
17. 12 Narratives of self and other: Auto/ biography in Papua New Guinea 289
18. 13 The origin of death in Kamula futures 305
19. About the contributors 325
20. Index of authors 329
21. Index of languages and language families 333
22. Index of subjects 337