How Long to Read A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path

How Long Does it Take to Read A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path by Gregory Forth

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Nage people of the eastern Indonesian island of Flores refer to someone who begins something but is regularly distracted by other matters as "a dog pissing at the edge of a path." In this first comprehensive study of animal metaphors in a non-Western society, Gregory Forth focuses on how the Nage understand metaphor and use their knowledge of animals to shape specific expressions. Based on extensive field research, A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path explores the meaning and use of over 560 animal metaphors employed by the Nage. Investigating how closely their indigenous concept of pata péle corresponds to the Greek-derived English concept of metaphor, Forth demonstrates that the Nage people understand these figures of speech in the same way as Westerners - namely as conventional ways of speaking about people and objects, not expressions of an essential identity between their animal vehicles and human referents. Theoretically engaging with anthropology's recent ontological turn, the book considers whether metaphors reveal significant differences in conceptions of human-animal relations, the human-animal contrast, and human understanding of other humans in different parts of the world. An incredible catalogue of animal-based linguistic art and Nage verbal conventions, A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path illuminates essential features of metaphorical thought everywhere.

How long is A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path?

A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path by Gregory Forth is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path aloud.

What Reading Level is A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path?

A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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