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A Partial Grammar of Eskimo Folktales 1
Author(s) -
COLBY B. N.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1973.75.3.02a00010
Subject(s) - covert , generative grammar , narrative , context (archaeology) , grammar , linguistics , history , representation (politics) , emergent grammar , computer science , philosophy , archaeology , political science , politics , law
This is a partial generative grammar of covert but empirically discoverable narrative elements. The grammar is a theory which seeks to account for base narrative sequences in well‐formed North Alaskan Eskimo folktales. The narrative elements are hierarchically organized into a categorial component with both context free and context sensitive rules. The theory claims some replicability and predictive power.