Estudio etnográfico del habla de los yachas de las comunidades de Pilcopata, Sunicorral, Molinowuayco y Coyoctor de la provincia del Cañar

Abstract

The aim of this graduation work is to analyze speech-acts of yachaks living in Pilcopata, Sunicorral, Molinowayco y Coyoctor communities, all in the context of Ethnography of Speaking theory.The methodology was qualitative, descriptive and analytical, and it was appliedoneight yachaks (mostly women) living in aforementioned communities, following Dell Hymes’SPEAKING and adapting it to narrative sequences. In addition, the observation was conducted involving six limpias, a cura de espantoand a ritual ceremony. In this analysis, it was determined some of the ritual characteristics by dividing these situations into communicative events, and these oneson speech-acts; the analysis resultevidenced religious syncretism on the yachaks, who invoke Andean and Christian deities within the same prayers, developing their own ritual language.