From Utility to Perceptual and Conceptual Change Salience: Cultural, Lexical, in the Southern Kalahari Landscape  

Oleh:

Boden, Gertrud

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 51 no. 3-4 (2009), page 303-327.
Fulltext: 40929718.pdf (3.45MB)

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This article presents a model of the southern Kalahari landscape that in the past gave clues for orientation and usability to Taa-speaking hunter-gatherers. Lexical and conceptual changes are detected with respect to what was formerly the most important landform for survival: pans as water sources and sites suitable for camping and foraging. A part-to-whole-change in lexical semantics is paralleled by a conceptual change from a predominance of notions of utility to a predominance of perceptual salience. These changes reflect changes in land-use patterns and were discovered by comparing statements from people of different ages.

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