Tongan-English language contact and kinship terminology
| Autor: | Svenja Völkel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Sociology and Political Science Point (typography) Extended family 06 humanities and the arts English language Language and Linguistics Linguistics Terminology Kinship terminology Anthropology Phenomenon 0602 languages and literature Meaning (existential) Sociology |
| Zdroj: | World Englishes. 35:242-258 |
| ISSN: | 0883-2919 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/weng.12193 |
| Popis: | ‘[D]o all humans mean the same things by words that can be used successfully to point to the same thing?’ (Leavitt 2015: 51). This study shows that the same words used in different English varieties might not have the same meaning. The typological comparison of standardised English and Tongan kinship terminology reveals that the categorisation is based on different underlying features. While standardised English focuses on the concept of ‘core family’, Tongan merges ‘same-sex siblings’ and emphasises the concept of ‘extended family’. The emerging contact phenomenon in Tongan English is the use of English terminology according to Tongan categorisation, that is, a case of semantic transfer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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