Ethnobiological Classification in Two Indigenous Languages of the Gran Chaco Region

Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan)

Bibliographic Data

ID3777795
AuthorsCristina Messineo (0000-0002-7580-2564), Paola Cúneo (0000-0001-7901-412X)
Year2011
Volume53
Issue2
Pages132-169
Publication date2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropological linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5483 • E-ISSN: 1944-6527
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/anl.2011.0010
OpenAlexW1988140368
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

This article examines the linguistic devices involved in the classification of nouns referring to the plant and animal world in two languages of the Gran Chaco area: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan). Drawing on previous studies of nominal classification in these languages, it analyzes how derivational morphology and nominal composition are used as mechanisms in categorizing the natural world in the formation of ethno-botanical and ethnozoological lexicon. The article contributes to the typology of nominal classification in general and in particular to that of the indigenous languages of the Gran Chaco region

Ethnobiology · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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