Quechuan terms for internal organs of the torso
| Autor: | Matthias Urban |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language 060101 anthropology History Communication Field (Bourdieu) Internal reconstruction Synchrony and diachrony 06 humanities and the arts Torso Semantic field Language and Linguistics Quechuan language Linguistics Terminology medicine.anatomical_structure 0602 languages and literature medicine 0601 history and archaeology Theme (narrative) |
| Zdroj: | Studies in Language. 42:505-528 |
| ISSN: | 1569-9978 0378-4177 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/sl.16081.urb |
| Popis: | This article discusses the terminology for the major internal organs of the torso across the Quechuan language family. From both semasiological and onomasiological points of view, differences in the synchronic organization of the semantic field across individual Quechua varieties as well as the diachronic developments that brought them about are described. Particular attention is also paid to semantic reconstruction within the field at the proto-Quechua level, and, with recourse to recent efforts at internal reconstruction, also beyond. Another recurrent theme is the interrelation between lexical data and the conceptions of anatomy and bodily functions encountered in quechua-speaking communities. A major conclusion is that an engagement with such perspectives allows for a considerably richer understanding of lexical organization in synchrony and diachrony than linguistic data alone could provide. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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