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168. A Glossed Uwepeker (Prose Folktale)
What are the defining linguistic features of a prose folktale narrative, including person marking and speech framing?
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The prose tale in the genre system
What dialectal terms are used for the prose folktale genre across different regions of Hokkaido?
teeta Shiranuka kotan or ta, ekasi utar usa húci utar usa uykari ko, kanna kanna ne tuytak ye hawe ne.
long.ago Shiranuka village place LOC elder ASS various grandmother ASS various gather COND again again ANAPH tuytak say talk COP
‘Long ago in Shiranuka village, whenever the elders and the grandmothers gathered, this legend was told again and again.’
uwepeker anak sunke hawe ka somo ne
uwepeker TOP lie talk also NEG COP
‘Uwepeker is not false talk at all.’
Sub-genre types and typical themes
What sub-categories of the prose folktale genre are recognized, and what is the default type?
pananpe an penanpe an hine sir-an pe ne ru-we ne hike
Pananpe exist Penanpe exist CONJ appearance-exist thing COP track-POSS COP although
‘There were Pananpe and Penanpe, and…’
Opening and closing formulae
What formulaic expressions are used to open and close human prose tales?
a=ne ruwe ne sekor amameponcikappo isoytak
4=COP track-POSS COP QUOT little.sparrow tell.tale.PFV
‘[…and so] I was [one of them] — thus Little Sparrow told the tale.’
Person of narration: the fourth-person narrator-protagonist
What verb forms mark the narrator as protagonist in prose tales, and how do they differ from ordinary first-person forms?
a=poho a=kore
4.POSS=child 4.A=give
‘I gave my child away.’
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