An ethnolinguistic study of the Yanesha’ (Amuesha) language and speech community in Peru’s Andean Amazon, and the traditional role of Ponapnora, a female rite of passage
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tuite, Kevin J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Daigneault, Anna Luisa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-10T18:27:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | en |
| dc.date.available | 2010-09-10T18:27:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-05-05 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2009-09 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/4055 | |
| dc.subject | Yanesha' (Amuesha) language | en |
| dc.subject | langue Yanesha' (Amuesha) | en |
| dc.subject | Peruvian Andean Amazon | en |
| dc.subject | Amazonie andine péruvienne | en |
| dc.subject | Arawak language family | en |
| dc.subject | famille linguistique Arawak | en |
| dc.subject | endangered traditions | en |
| dc.subject | traditions en voie de disparition | en |
| dc.subject | ponapnora puberty ritual | en |
| dc.subject | rituel de puberté ponapnora | en |
| dc.subject.other | Anthropology - Cultural / Anthropologie - Culturelle (UMI : 0326) | en |
| dc.title | An ethnolinguistic study of the Yanesha’ (Amuesha) language and speech community in Peru’s Andean Amazon, and the traditional role of Ponapnora, a female rite of passage | en |
| dc.type | Thèse ou mémoire / Thesis or Dissertation | |
| etd.degree.discipline | Anthropologie | en |
| etd.degree.grantor | Université de Montréal | fr |
| etd.degree.level | Maîtrise / Master's | en |
| etd.degree.name | M. Sc. | en |
| dcterms.abstract | La langue Yanesha’ est parlée sur la frontière de deux mondes, les Andes et l’Amazonie, au Pérou central. Un travail de terrain ethnolinguistique parmi le peuple Yanesha’ a été effectué en mai-août 2008 pour étudier cette langue et les facteurs menant possiblement à sa disparition. Ce mémoire porte sur les traits caractéristiques de la langue Yanesha’ et sa place à l’intérieur de la famille linguistique Arawak. L’auteure discute aussi à propos de ponapnora, un rituel de puberté qui joue un rôle important dans la préservation d’héritage musical et linguistique auprès des femmes Yanesha’. | en |
| dcterms.abstract | The Yanesha’ language is spoken on the edges of two worlds, the Andes and the Amazon, in southcentral Peru. Ethnolinguistic fieldwork was carried out among the Yanesha’ people in May-August 2008 to learn about their language and the possible factors leading to its endangerment. This thesis examines the unique linguistic features of Yanesha and its place within the Arawak language family. It also discusses a puberty ritual that plays an important role in preserving musical and linguistic heritage among Yanesha’ women: the ponapnora female initiation ritual. | en |
| dcterms.description | Thesis written in co-mentorship with Richard Chase Smith Ph.D, of El Instituto del Bien Comun (IBC) in Peru. The attached file is a pdf created in Word. The pdf file serves to preserve the accuracy of the many linguistic symbols found in the text. | en |
| dcterms.language | eng | en |
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