Metaphor, Mythology, and a Navajo Verb: The Role of Cultural Constructs in the Lexicography of Endangered Languages  

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Field, Margaret C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 51 no. 3-4 (2009), page 296-302.
Fulltext: 40929717.pdf (721.44KB)

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This article focuses on multiple classificatory verb, arguing that than unrelated homophones. lexical entries for one Navajo many of its subentries are It is suggested polysemous, rather that the connection between them is based on metaphor and conventionalized cultural cosmology).The documentation of such only for knowledge (mythology and metaphorical connections is crucial not making sense of the uses of this verb stem but also for what it tells us about Navajo culture.

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