Keywords

Quechua, ideophones, mono-sensory

Abstract

This paper will evaluate a claim about a possible areal bias for the semantic typolgies of ideohone systems. According to this claim, ideophone systems of the Americas are mainly dedicatied to encoding sound and motion, while for Africa and Asia, they cover a broader range of sensory imagery , including visual patterns, textures, and cognitive states. Additionally, and implicational hieracry for ideophone systems' se,amtics has been posted. We demonstrate with data from Pasta Quichua, that ideophones' semantics span the full range of senory and cognitive possibilities. Further, the mono-sensory schematization of ideophones' semantics make the implicational hierarchy problematic as presently conceived.

Original Publication Citation

“Rethinking mono-sensory implicational approaches to ideophones in Pastaza Quichua” paper given for SSILA panel on ideophones, Linguistic Society of America Meetings, January 6, 2017.

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2017-01-06

Publisher

Linguistic Society of America

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Assistant Professor

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