The land remembers: landscape terms and place names in Lowland Chontal of Oaxaca, Mexico  

Oleh:

O’Connor, Loretta ; Kroefges, Peter C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 30 no. 2-3 (2008), page 291-315.
Topik: Landscape; Place name; Toponym; Lowland Chontal; Mesoamerica; Sacred site
Fulltext: OConnor_Loretta, p. 291-315.pdf (841.22KB)

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This paper examines landscape terminology and place names of the Chontal region in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, with a focus on terms from Lowland Chontal, a highly endangered language spoken near the Pacific coast. In addition to the linguistic analysis, the paper presents a general description of the physical geography of the area and how it relates to settlement patterns and subsistence activities, with specific detail of the territorial organization of Huamelula as a sociopolitical unit and of the importance of sacred sites. The analysis serves both to anchor the Chontal speakers as long-time residents deeply engaged with the elements of their landscape and to document in part the dynamics of the multilinguistic and multiethnic history of the region.

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