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Publication details [#8818]
Sherzer, Joel. 1974. 'Namakke', 'Sunmakke', 'Kormakke': Three types of Cuna speech event. In Bauman, Richard and Joel Sherzer, eds. Explorations in the ethnography of speaking. Cambridge University Press. pp. 263–282. 
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
Speaking is shown to be central to the definition of the major rules in Cuna society. Two constellations of Cuna speaking and three speaking traditions are related to the three main aspects of Cuna social life (politics, curing, and girl's puberty rites).