Figurative Lexicalization and Acculturation in Kodiak Alutiiq
In Kodiak Alutiiq, an endangered Eskimo-Aleut language spoken on Kodiak Island, the postbase -guaq ('kind of like an N') is ubiquitous in the names for modern objects. The word for 'ketchup', for instance, is tuumatuusaruaq ('tomato-like thing'), and the word for '...
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41986 |