Binomials and the Noun-to-Verb Ratio in Puma Rai Ritual Speech

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ID3777848
AutoresMartin Gaenszle (0000-0002-0782-1413, University of Vienna), Balthasar Bickel (0000-0002-9087-0565, University of Zurich), Narayan P Sharma (0000-0002-8837-6939, Leipzig University), Jonathan Pettigrew (0000-0002-4519-5978), Judith Pettigrew, Angshu Rai (0000-0001-9578-6971), Arjun Rai, Shree Kumar, Shree Kumar Rai, Diana Schackow (Leipzig University)
Ano2011
Volume53
Fascículo4
Páginas365-382
Data de publicação2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnthropological linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-5483 • E-ISSN: 1944-6527
EditoraProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/anl.2011.0021
OpenAlexW2072411150
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas9

This article examines the pairing of nouns in the type of parallelism known as binominals, expressions of paired words, in Puma Rai ritual speech. Using a large corpus of ritual and everyday language texts resulting from a language documentation project among the Puma Rai in Nepal, we explore the characteristics of ritual binomials and provide a quantitative analysis of noun-to-verb ratios in the two major ritual speech genres (shamanic and priestly invocations). It is argued that the increase of nouns in the ritual language under study leads to an inversion of the noun-to-verb ratio in relation to ordinary speech

Linguistics · Noun · Verb · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · History · Philosophy