Body part terms in Lavukaleve, a Papuan language of the Solomon Islands  

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Terrill, Angela

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 28 no. 2-3 (2006), page 304–322.
Topik: Lavukaleve; Papuan languages; Body part terms; Partonomy; Meronymy; Semantic fields; Semantic generality; Ambiguity
Fulltext: 28_02-03_Terrill.pdf (329.74KB)

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This paper explores body part terms in Lavukaleve, a Papuan isolate spoken in the Solomon Islands. The full set of body part terms collected so far is presented, and their grammatical properties are explained. It is argued that Lavukaleve body part terms do not enter into partonomic relations with each other, and that a hierarchical structure of body part terms does not apply for Lavukaleve. It is shown too that some universal claims which have been made about the expression of terms relating to limbs are contradicted in Lavukaleve, which has only one general term covering arm, hand, leg and (for some people) foot.

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