The Spoken Word and the Work of Interpretation
Published on 1. June 1983
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-0-8122-1143-6 (ISBN)
Description
Dennis Tedlock presents startling new methods for transcribing, translating, and interpreting oral performance that carry wide implications for all areas of the spoken arts. Moreover, he reveals how the categories and concepts of poetics and hermeneutics based in Western literary traditions cannot be carried over in their entirety to the spoken arts of other cultures but require extensive reevaluation.
Reviews / Votes
"A significant event in the intersection of several circles: Americanists, folklorists, anthropologists, literary scholars, and linguists. . . . A call for acceptance of the spoken natural reality. Skillfully entertaining and deserving to be heard."-Dell Hymes"This book provides the tools for doing the careful and poetic work that refocuses attention on speech. This attention has put Tedlock at the center of the intersection of linguisitics, folklore, and translation. Insights are plentiful."-American Anthropologist
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
8 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8122-1143-6 (9780812211436)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
By Dennis Tedlock