“Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir
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“Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir is a classic early 20th-century collection and analysis of traditional narratives in the Yana language, providing foundational documentation for the study of this Native American language and its culture.
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| “Yana Texts” by Edward Sapir canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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linguistic corpus ⓘ |
| academicImportance |
classic work in Americanist linguistics
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foundational documentation of the Yana language ⓘ primary source for Yana oral literature ⓘ |
| aim |
preservation of Yana oral traditions
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scientific description of the Yana language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Americanist descriptive tradition
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Native American languages of California ⓘ |
| author | Edward Sapir ⓘ |
| contains | narratives told by native Yana informants ⓘ |
| contributor | Yana speakers ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Yana people of Northern California ⓘ |
| documents |
cultural practices of the Yana people
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discourse structure of Yana narratives ⓘ lexicon of the Yana language ⓘ morphology of the Yana language ⓘ syntax of the Yana language ⓘ |
| field |
Native American studies
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anthropology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnographic text collection
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linguistic text collection ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ethnographic commentary
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interlinear glosses ⓘ linguistic analysis ⓘ traditional Yana folktales ⓘ traditional Yana legends ⓘ traditional Yana myths ⓘ translations into English ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
descriptive-linguistic
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ethnographic ⓘ |
| languageDocumented | Yana language ⓘ |
| publicationEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Edward Sapir
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studies of the Yana people ⓘ |
| subject |
Native American oral literature
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Yana culture ⓘ Yana language ⓘ Yana traditional narratives ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
historical linguistics research
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language documentation studies ⓘ studies of Native American narrative traditions ⓘ |
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