Social structure, space and possession in Tongan culture and language : an ethnolinguistic study /

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This interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between culture, language and cognition based on the aspects of social structure, space and possession in Tonga, Polynesia. Grounded on extensive field research, Völkel explores the subject from an anthropological as well as from a linguist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Völkel, Svenja
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Tonga
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Colección:Culture and language use ; v. 2.
Temas:
Sociolinguistics > Polynesia.
Tongan language > Social aspects.
Space and time in language.
Cognition and culture > Polynesia.
Sociolinguistique > Polynésie.
Tongien (Langue) > Aspect social.
Espace et temps dans le langage.
Cognition et culture > Polynésie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Cognition and culture
Sociolinguistics
Space and time in language
Tonga (polynesiskt språk) > sociala aspekter.
Språk och samhälle.
Polynesia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between culture, language and cognition based on the aspects of social structure, space and possession in Tonga, Polynesia. Grounded on extensive field research, Völkel explores the subject from an anthropological as well as from a linguistic perspective. The book provides new insights into the language of respect, an honorific system which is deeply anchored in the societal hierarchy, spatial descriptions that are determined by socio-cultural and geocentric parameters, kinship terminology and possessive categories that perfectly expre.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027287724
9027287724
ISSN:1879-5838 ;

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