Languages of Papua New Guinea

Two Kewa (Papua New Guinea) Story Genres

Issue Date:
2017
Extent:
26 pages
Abstract:
I examine two primary Kewa (of the Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea) story genres by reviewing several contributions by both anthropologists and native speakers. I explore how they have defined and illustrated the two genres, called, in Kewa, the iti and the remaa. I conclude with two appendices that give examples of additional Kewa ancestral stories, as well as those told elsewhere in the country (edited by McElhanon 1974, 1982). Materials in the appendices further demonstrate how extensive the ancestral genre is in PNG.
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Published
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Part of Series:
Language & Linguistics in Melanesia, 35
Entry Number:
75029