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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Völkel, Svenja
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Tonga
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Series:Culture and language use ; v. 2.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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