Pointing Out Directions in Murrinhpatha
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5779867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Blythe (0000-0003-1281-9681, Macquarie University), Kinngirri Carmelita Mardigan (Tharawal Aboriginal), Mawurt Ernest Perdjert (Tharawal Aboriginal), Hywel M Stoakes (0000-0002-5543-8750, The University of Melbourne) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Open Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2300-9969 • E-ISSN: 2300-9969 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Open (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.1515/opli-2016-0007 |
| OpenAlex | W2401908703 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 12 |
Rather than using abstract directionals, speakers of the Australian Aboriginal language Murrinhpatha make reference to locations of interest using named landmarks, demonstratives and pointing. Building on a culturally prescribed avoidance for certain placenames, this study reports on the use of demonstratives, pointing and landmarks for direction giving. Whether or not pointing will be used, and which demonstratives will be selected is determined partly by the relative epistemic incline between interlocutors and partly by whether information about a location is being sought or being provided. The reliance on pointing for the representation of spatial vectors requires a construal of language that includes the visuo-corporal modality
Deixis · Modality (human–computer interaction · Representation · Categorization, perception, and language · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Big and Little Histories
Discourse and social interaction
Noun classes
Phonotactics
Australian languages and interdisciplinary approaches to the past
Reference Distributed Between Multiple Bodies
Epistemic authority and sociolinguistic stance in an Australian Aboriginal language
Geocentric directional systems in Australia
Diversity in representing space within and between language communities
Reference frames in language and cognition
On some functions of points during word searches for existing places in Mandarin conversations
Locational pointing in Murrinhpatha, Gija, and English conversations
Gesture studies and anthropological perspectives
Restrictions on the Usage of Spatial Frames of Reference in Location and Orientation Descriptions
Multimodal strategies for engaging young Arrernte and Warlpiri children in storytelling and play
Children’s introductions to story characters in Murrinhpatha, a traditional Australian language
Competitive points in Mandarin-speaking multiparty interaction
Experiencing space
The Search for Discharge Facilities in Japanese Rehabilitation Team Interaction
The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages
Early Emergence of Agreement in Yucatec Maya Sign Language
Language as Description, Indication, and Depiction
Can language restructure cognition? The case for space
On the tip of the tongue
Deixis, gesture, and cognition in spatial Frame of Reference typology
Personal Names Among the Tiwi1
Murinbata Kinship and Totemism
Modes of pointing to existing spaces and the use of frames of reference
With or Without Speech
The Tense, Aspect and Modality System in Murrinh-Patha
Opening up Closings
Demonstratives in Space and Interaction
Semantic Typology and Spatial Conceptualization
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |