The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hough, Karen.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : SIdestone Press, 2008.

Summary:

Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express 'space' from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe that space can also be perceived intrinsically or absolutely. This ethno-linguistic analysis of the Cariban language, Wayana (still spoken in the dense rainforests of Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil), not only strengthens these claims but, more importantly, gives a detailed account of how spatiality is expressed in Wayana. Particular attention is given to thei.

Contents:

Intro; List of illustrations; Abbreviations and symbols; Preface & Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Structure of thesis; 1.3 The Wayana; 1.3.1 Wayana Language; 1.3.2 Uhpak 'long ago' and hemalë 'today'; 1.3.3 Cosmology; 1.3.4 Previous Studies; 2 Theoretical Setting; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 History of developments in spatial thinking; 2.2.1 The Principle of Linguistic Relativity; 2.3 Spatial orientation; 2.3.1 The phenomenological bias; 2.3.2 Frames of reference; 2.4 Spatial language; 2.4.1 Topology; 2.4.2 Toponymy; 2.4.3 Deixis; 2.5 Final remarks; 3 Methodology.

3.1 Introduction3.2 Empirical research; 3.3 Methodology; 3.3.1 The collection of linguistic data; 3.3.1.1 General conversation and elicitation; 3.3.1.2 The Topological Relations Picture Series; 3.3.1.3 Personal stories; 3.3.1.4 Collection of oral traditions; 3.3.1.5 Photo-object matching task; 3.3.2 The collection of cognitive and ethnographic data; 3.3.2.1 Recall memory task; 3.3.2.2 Ethnographic data; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 Linguistic Analysis; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Postpositions; 4.2.1 Postpositions in Wayana: introduction; 4.2.2 Spatial Postpositions.

4.2.2.1 Morphology of spatial postpositions4.2.2.1.1 Locatives; 4.2.2.1.2 Directionals; 4.2.2.1.3 Pronominal prefixes; 4.2.2.1.4 Reflexive prefixes; 4.2.2.1.5 Postpositions, enclitics and markers; 4.2.2.2 Derived spatial postpositions; 4.3 Locatives and directionals; 4.3.1 General Locative: -po: general, surface; 4.3.2 Container locatives and directionals; 4.3.2.1 -jao: interior; 4.3.2.2 -(h)tao: container; 4.3.2.3 -nao: boundless container; 4.3.2.4 k(u)wao: liquid; 4.3.2.5 -loptao: deep interior; 4.3.3 Beside locatives and directionals; 4.3.3.1 ekatao: 'beside'; 4.3.3.2 ina: 'at the side of'

4.3.3.3 awotao: rib4.3.3.4 awopo: 'crossways'; 4.3.3.5 ahmotao: 'clear space'; 4.3.4 'In middle of' lamnao; 4.3.5 'In alignment with' pole; 4.3.6 Contact locative: -pëk(ë); 4.3.7 Superior and inferior locatives and directionals; 4.3.7.1 epoi: superior, no contact; 4.3.7.2 uhpo: superior, contact; 4.3.7.3 ahpo: 'on the back of'; 4.3.7.4 opinë: inferior; 4.3.7.5 opikai: inferior; 4.3.8 Anterior and posterior locatives and directionals; 4.3.8.1 em(ïn)patao: 'facing'; 4.3.8.2 waliktao: 'behind'; 4.3.9 Environmental locatives and directionals; 4.3.9.1 aktuhpoi: 'upstream'

4.3.9.2 ametai: 'downstream'4.3.9.3 etatopo: riverbank; 4.3.9.4 talïhnao: 'outside'; 4.3.10 At the base of: mitao; 4.3.11 Around: wala; 4.3.12 Perlatives; 4.3.13 Source: -inë; 4.3.14 Expressions of time; 4.4 Third person pronouns and demonstratives; 4.5 Locative adverbs; 4.5.1 Motion adverbs; 4.6 Final remarks; 5 The Perception of Space and Landscape by the Wayana; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Frames of Reference; 5.3 Finding one's way; 5.4 Categorization; 5.4.1 Postpositions and Spatiality; 5.5 Landscape; 5.6 Wayana in national space; 5.7 Concluding remarks; 6 Concluding Remarks; Appendices.

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ISBN:

9789088906855

9088906858

OCLC:

1035519306

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