Dozing eyes and drunken faces
Nominalized psycho-collocations in Daakaka (Vanuatu)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20381507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kilu Von Prince (0000-0003-4845-4178, Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 502-520 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0378-4177 • E-ISSN: 1569-9978 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/sl.41.2.08von |
| OpenAlex | W2613900515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Like many languages of the world, the Oceanic language Daakaka (Vanuatu) uses idiomatic combinations of body-part terms and verbs to express emotions, medical conditions and related concepts. However, languages differ in how they express the same concepts nominally. I will contrast the nominalization strategy found in Daakaka with other languages and discuss the differences. I will argue that the nominalization strategy in Daakaka is less transparent than its alternatives but that it allows for the formation of a paradigm that also includes meteorological expressions. This phenomenon highlights the need to look beyond individual lexemes when comparing lexical classes and derivational processes cross-linguistically. 1
Epistemology · Linguistics · Nominalization · Noun · Phenomenon · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |