María Agustina Morando: Beyond the Utterance. An Ethnography on Language and Social Praxis among the Chané
The character and forms of communication within any speech community are diverse, reflecting human activity spheres in distinctive ways. Focusing on the social aspects of communicative practices provides a deeper understanding of language from the perspective of speakers. Drawing on the case of the Chané of Northwest Argentina, the aim of this paper is to study communicative praxis from an ethnographic point of view. Considering both speech practices and their context of production, I will address the social functions of their language across various social domains: spatiality, political leadership, kinship, hierarchy, gender, corporeality, emotionality, cosmology and digital communication.
[Gran Chaco, Chané, Tupi-Guarani Languages, Communicative Praxis]
