@article{469558,
  author     = {England, Nora},
  journal    = {International Journal of American Linguistics},
  number     = {2},
  pages      = {207–231},
  title      = {To Tell a Tale: The Structure of Narrated Stories in Mam, A Mayan Language},
  url        = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/596594},
  volume     = {75},
  year       = {2009},
  abstract   = {This article explores the structure of narrative tales (myth/history, folktales) in Mam. Linguistic and stylistic features that are characteristic of tales include the use of an anchoring adverb within the first few clauses, patterns of the use of aspect markers that are typical of all narrative, the extensive and obligatory use of quoted dialogue, the optional use of ideophones as a part of narrative performance, and codas that locate the tale within local tradition and traditional transmission. None of these features is restricted to tales, but together they define the genre and enable it to be instantly recognizable. It is the particular combination of linguistic and stylistic features that sets the genre apart.},
  doi        = {10.1086/596594},
  hhtype     = {grammar_sketch (computerized assignment from "structure")},
  inlg       = {English [eng]},
  issn       = {0020-7071},
  lgcode     = {Mam [mamm1241]},
  macro_area = {North America},
  src        = {haspelmath}
}