Complex landscape terms in Seri

Carolyn O'Meara; Jürgen Bohnemeyer

doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2006.12.006

Complex landscape terms in Seri

Carolyn O'Meara
, Jürgen Bohnemeyer

Linguistics

SUNY Buffalo

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The nominal lexicon of Seri is characterized by a prevalence of analytical descriptive terms. We explore the consequences of this typological trait in the landscape domain. The complex landscape terms of Seri classify geographic entities in terms of their material make-up and spatial properties such as shape, orientation, and merological relations. This analytical system of linguistic categorization opens up an intriguing window into the conceptualization of the landscape domain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	316-339
Number of pages	24
Journal	Language Sciences
Volume	30
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2006.12.006
State	Published - Mar 2008

Keywords

Anthropological linguistics
Descriptive linguistics
Lexical semantics
Seri

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