Referring to Space - Studies in Austronesian and Papuan Languages

Zusatztext An attraction of this book is that it covers both Austronesian and Papuan languages! something which is needed on other topics as well ... The papers are uniformly excellent and the book is edited to a high standard ... it is certainly a very welcome addition to the literature. Klappentext This collection of previously unpublished case studies of a number of Austronesian and Papuan languages illustrates the means that these languages offer to their speakers for referring to space. The underlying theme is that understanding the differences between the various systems of spatial reference requires not just linguistic, but also cultural, historical, and geographical knowledge. Zusammenfassung This collection of previously unpublished case-studies of a number of Austronesian and Papuan languages illustrates the means that these languages offer to their speakers for referring to space. Understanding the differences between the various systems of spatial reference requires not just linguistic, but also cultural, historical, and geographical knowledge.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gunter Senft, Gunter (Senior Research Fellow Senft
• Mitarbeit: Gunter Senft (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 27.11.1997
• EAN: 9780198236474
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823647-4
• Seiten: 340
• Serien: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Anthropologi; Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Anthropologi
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Pacific Ocean, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Oceanic & Polynesian languages, Oceanic and Polynesian languages