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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ABSTRACT:<BR>A review of the current Nahuatl
literature contains no work in the area of Nahuatl speakers and their gestures.
This paper presents one case study of Nahuatl speakers from Copalillo, Guerrero
(CG). The narrative is the retelling of a CG myth entitled, “El Primer Mexico”.
While currently living in California, the speakers were able to reconstruct
through gestures a narrative space. They imposed their local geography on to the
narrative space. Furthermore, the mythic aspects of the story that were not from
the real world were laminated upon the same narrative space. This study finds
evidence that CG Nahuatl speakers feel compelled to make narrative space an
accurate reflection of geographical space. At the same time they intregate
mythic aspects into the narrative space. Referents are clearly laid out and
repeated and accurate references are made upon the narrative space.</FONT></DIV>
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