In:Person Reference and Interaction in Umpila and Kuuku Ya’u Narrative
Clair Hill
[Culture and Language Use 26] 2026
► pp. 152–213
Chapter 5Initial person mentions
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Article outline
- 5.1Introduction
- 5.2Socio-interactional approach to person reference
- 5.2.1Person reference principles
- 5.2.2The application of person reference principles to the narrative context
- 5.3Analytical parameters
- 5.3.1What is an initial mention?
- 5.3.2Counts
- 5.4Unmarked initial mentions
- 5.4.1Plural pronouns and narrative perspective
- 5.4.2Human classificatory terms and other descriptive expressions
- 5.4.3Ethnonyms in contact narratives
- 5.5Kin-terms support authority to talk
- 5.6Maxi-mentions: Recognition and beyond
- 5.6.1Cross-linguistic comments
- 5.6.2Form of maxi-mentions
- 5.6.3Collaborative co-telling
- 5.6.4Thematic highlighting
- 5.7Circumspection and name taboos
- 5.7.1Naming a non-present person
- 5.7.2Naming an initiation ritual relation
- 5.7.3Naming of a threatening or powerful person or being
- 5.8Conclusion
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