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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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.
Tonga (polynesiskt språk) > sociala aspekter.
Språk och samhälle.
Polynesia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Anthropological Issues: Social structure; Land and the symbolic meaning of space; Possession and gift exchange; Conclusion: connecting remarks on social structure, space and possession
  • Part II. Linguistic Issues: Spatial descriptions; A- and O-possession; The language of respect; Conclusions.

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