The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert

Frontmatter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- PART ONE : PROCESSES AND CONTENTS OF FIESTA COMMUNICATION -- 1. The Problem -- 2. The Setting -- PART TWO: THE STRUCTURE OF FIESTAS -- 3. Cyclical Fiestas -- 4. Compi Life-Crisis Fiestas -- 5. Town and City Fiestas -- PART THREE: RITUAL PARTICIPATION -- 6. Ritual Costs -- 7. Ritual Participation in Compi -- 8. The Limits of Participation -- 9. Ritual Participation in Cantón Fiestas -- 10. La Paz Fiesta Participation -- 11. The Implications of Changes in the Compi Fiesta System -- 12. Conclusion -- APPENDIX A. -- APPENDIX B. -- APPENDIX C. -- APPENDIX D. -- APPENDIX E. -- Glossary -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects