How Long to Read "In vain I tried to tell you"

How Long Does it Take to Read "In vain I tried to tell you"?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 5 minutes to read "In vain I tried to tell you" by Dell Hymes

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

Description

From the Introduction: This book is . . . devoted to the first literature of North America, that of the American Indians, or Native Americans. The texts are from the North Pacific Coast, because that is where I am from, and those are the materials I know best. The purpose is general: All traditional American Indian verbal art requires attention of this kind if we are to comprehend what it is and says. There is linguistics in this book, and that will put some people off. ''Too technical," they will say. Perhaps such people would be amused to know that many linguists will not regard the work as linguistics. "Not theoretical," they will say, meaning not part of a certain school of grammar. And many folklorists and anthropologists are likely to say, "too linguistic" and "too literary" both, whereas professors of literature are likely to say, "anthropological" or "folklore," not "literature" at all. But there is no help for it. As with Beowulf and The Tale of Genji, the material requires some understanding of a way of life. Within that way of life, it has in part a role that in English can only be called that of "literature." Within that way of life, and now, I hope, within others, it offers some of the rewards and joys of literature. And if linguistics is the study of language, not grammar alone, then the study of these materials adds to what is known about language.

How long is "In vain I tried to tell you"?

"In vain I tried to tell you" by Dell Hymes is 416 pages long, and a total of 106,496 words.

This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 130% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read "In vain I tried to tell you" Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 41 minutes to read "In vain I tried to tell you" aloud.

What Reading Level is "In vain I tried to tell you"?

"In vain I tried to tell you" is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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