Ethnobiological Classification in Two Indigenous Language of Chaco: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan)
This article examines the linguistic devices involved in the classification of nouns referring to the plant and animal world in two languages of the Gran Chaco area: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan). Drawing on previous studies of nominal classification in these languages, it analyzes...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/194506 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/194506 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | LANGUAGES OF CHACO ETHNOBIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION TOBA LANGUAGE MAKÁ LANGUAGE https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 |
| Sumario: | This article examines the linguistic devices involved in the classification of nouns referring to the plant and animal world in two languages of the Gran Chaco area: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan). Drawing on previous studies of nominal classification in these languages, it analyzes how derivational morphology and nominal composition are used as mechanisms in categorizing the natural world in the formation of ethnobotanical and ethnozoological lexicon. The article contributes to the typology of nominal classification in general and in particular to that of the indigenous languages of the Gran Chaco region. |
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