The Thaayorre true man: Lexicon of the human body in an Australian language  

Oleh:

Gaby, Alice R.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 28 no. 2-3 (2006), page 201–220.
Topik: Kuuk Thaayorre; Australian languages; Body part terms; Partonomy; Meronymy; Semantic fields; Polysemy
Fulltext: 28_02-03_Gaby.pdf (210.58KB)

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Segmentation (and, indeed, definition) of the human body in Kuuk Thaayorre (a Paman language of Cape York Peninsula, Australia) is in some respects typologically unusual, while at other times it conforms to cross-linguistic patterns. The process of deriving complex body part terms from monolexemic items is revealing of metaphorical associations between parts of the body. Associations between parts of the body and entities and phenomena in the broader environment are evidenced by the ubiquity of body part terms (in their extended uses) throughout Thaayorre speech. Understanding the categorisation of the body is therefore prerequisite to understanding the Thaayorre language and worldview.

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