Popolocan Noun Classifiers

A Reconstruction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4560935
AutoresAnnette Veerman‐leichsenring (Leiden University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen70
Número4
Páginas416-451
Fecha de publicación2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/429208
OpenAlexW2321614739
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas17

This paper presents and motivates a methodology for conducting semantic fieldwork on languages of the Americas. I first argue that one cannot gather adequate information about meaning from spontaneous discourse alone. Thus, direct elicitation (including asking consultants for judgments) is an indispensable methodological tool. I then present more detailed methodological suggestions. I offer techniques for eliciting translations and discuss how one should interpret the results of a translation task. I discuss which types of judgment are legitimate, how to obtain judgments, how to interpret the results, and how discourse contexts should be presented. I make the (somewhat controversial) claim that consultants are unlikely to be influenced by the use of a meta‐language (such as English) and that a meta‐language is often the best option when presenting discourse contexts

Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Natural language processing · Noun · Task (project management · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology