James E Rupp

Ozumacin Chinantec Texts: Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages 2 (Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Data Amerindian Series, Publication 11) James E Rupp

People everywhere enjoy storytelling, and stories are an excellent source of data for linguistic analysis. Rupp and Rupp have compiled seven stories narrated by a native speaker of this language group located in southern Mexico. They give the phonemic transcription of each text, with detailed glossing in English as well as free translations in English and Spanish.

They also include a brief sketch of the culture, a phonemic description of the language, and background information about the narrator. Thus, this book is valuable for both anthropologists and linguists.

The Rupps have been conducting field work among the Ozumacín Chinantec since 1984.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface
Introduction

1. When Loads Moved Themselves Along the Trail
2. When Light Came to the Earth
3. A Brother and Sister Become the Sun and the Moon
4. A Hired Hand Exchanges the King's Bull for a Wife
5. About a Rabbit Who Buys a Guitar
6. The Opossum and the Coyote
7. About Beings Who Live in the River