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Full-Text Articles in Linguistic Anthropology
Sound Symbolism, Onomatopoeia, And New Guinea Frog Names, Terence Hays
Sound Symbolism, Onomatopoeia, And New Guinea Frog Names, Terence Hays
Terence Hays
Brent Berlin has recently proposed the use of r sounds as a substantive universal in the names given to frogs and toads, a tendency that he attributes to onomatopoeia. A data set from over 200 New Guinea languages is analyzed. Berlin's proposal regarding r sounds recieves strong support, but an even more significant pattern is found with respect to g sounds. Onomatopoeia is a possible motivation for both of these patterns.
Delineating Regions With Permeable Boundaries In New Guinea., Terence Hays
Delineating Regions With Permeable Boundaries In New Guinea., Terence Hays
Terence Hays
Hays sets out the linkages among communities and societies as they form networks and regions in New Guinea. Hays reminds us of the long standing concern within the recent literature from New Guinea that supports the "primitive isolates" notion that is still with us. The "my people" syndrome still plagues the legions of researchers who seek to study a small distinct population that is largely uncontaminated by outside influences and remains primitive. He paints the picture of this primitive society by describing New Guinea topographically as a land of inaccessible mountain valleys, impenetrable swamps, and remote rain forests which make …
Introduction To Encyclopedia Of World Cultures Volume 2, Oceania, Terence Hays
Introduction To Encyclopedia Of World Cultures Volume 2, Oceania, Terence Hays
Terence Hays
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Iniciação À Língua Yanomamł, Hapa Të Pë Rë Kuonowei: Mitologia Yanomamł, And Le Parler Yanomami Des Xamatauteri, Gale Goodwin Gomez
Iniciação À Língua Yanomamł, Hapa Të Pë Rë Kuonowei: Mitologia Yanomamł, And Le Parler Yanomami Des Xamatauteri, Gale Goodwin Gomez
Gale Goodwin Gomez
It is perhaps useful to call attention to the work of Henri Ramirez, one of the most active linguists in Amazonia, since his publications have remained somewhat obscure, especially for those living outside of South America. This rather unusual scholar essentially only publishes books (18 monographs to date, including practical works for the native population), not articles, and rarely attends conferences. His principal published works are being reviewed in UAL to make them more known to the linguistic community. He is currently a professor in Letters and Linguistics at the Federal University of Rond'nia in the town of Guajar-Mirim, on …
Language And Cultural Description, Terence Hays
Language And Cultural Description, Terence Hays
Terence Hays
Beginning in the late 1950s, Charles Frake was among those (including Harold Conklin and Ward Goodenough) who founded the blend of cognitive psychology, descriptive linguistics, and cultural anthropology which came to be known as “the New Ethnography” or “cognitive anthropology.”
Growth And Structure Of The Lexicon Of New Guinea Pidgin / Book Review, Terence Hays
Growth And Structure Of The Lexicon Of New Guinea Pidgin / Book Review, Terence Hays
Terence Hays
New Guinea Pidgin (NGP) is the language of politics and the most widely used lingua franca in Papua New Guinea. It may also provide a crucial test case for theories of pidgin and creole languages and, more broadly, "for statements about the relationship between the internal and external history of language and that between linguistic variation and social stratification."