Experiential constructions in Mangap‐Mbula∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12058993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert D Bugenhagen (SIL International, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-215 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0726-8602 • E-ISSN: 1469-2996 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07268609008599441 |
| OpenAlex | W2041050267 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
A variety of constructions which are used for expressing experiential notions in the Austronesian language Mangap‐Mbula are examined and their meanings explicated. Since there are only a few verbs in the language which encode such notions, a number of other constructions are employed. The most important of these are body image constructions in which a body part plus a verb function together as a kind of composite predicate. The final section of the paper is a study of the different
Austronesian languages · Experiential learning · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Predicate (mathematical logic · Variety (cybernetics · Verb · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2020 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |