A Semantic Analysis of Snow-related Words in Danish and Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic)

This paper emerges from the vexed question whether the allegedly many “Eskimo” terms for snow document a linkage between language, culture, and cognition. Using the semantic explication technique of the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) approach, the emic logics embedded in the Kalaallisut snow-re...

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Main Author: Maskova, Stephanie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Aarhus University 2022
Subjects:
weather terms
snow-related terms
environmental semantics
Kalaallisut
West Greenlandic
Danish
English
natural semantic metalanguage (NSM)
eskimo*
greenlandic
kalaallisut
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/sss/article/view/135079
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spelling ftsbaarhusojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/135079 2023-05-15T16:07:12+02:00 A Semantic Analysis of Snow-related Words in Danish and Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) Maskova, Stephanie 2022-12-14 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/sss/article/view/135079 eng eng Aarhus University https://tidsskrift.dk/sss/article/view/135079/179861 https://tidsskrift.dk/sss/article/view/135079 Copyright (c) 2022 Stephanie Maskova https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Skandinaviske Sprogstudier; Årg. 13 Nr. 1 (2022): Special issue: Cognitive Cultural Semantics - A Nordic Guide to Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM); 225-248 Scandinavian Studies in Language; Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): Special issue: Cognitive Cultural Semantics - A Nordic Guide to Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM); 225-248 1904-7843 weather terms snow-related terms environmental semantics Kalaallisut West Greenlandic Danish English natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftsbaarhusojs 2022-12-14T23:54:38Z This paper emerges from the vexed question whether the allegedly many “Eskimo” terms for snow document a linkage between language, culture, and cognition. Using the semantic explication technique of the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) approach, the emic logics embedded in the Kalaallisut snow-related words aputit and nittaappoq and the Danish snow-related words sne and det sner are unfolded. Through a comparison of the findings, the paper discusses how the physical world is conceptualized in both culture-specific and transcultural ways. The explications are based on evidence from semantic consultations and text examples. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* greenlandic kalaallisut Aarhus University: OJS at The State and University Library
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topic weather terms
snow-related terms
environmental semantics
Kalaallisut
West Greenlandic
Danish
English
natural semantic metalanguage (NSM)
spellingShingle weather terms
snow-related terms
environmental semantics
Kalaallisut
West Greenlandic
Danish
English
natural semantic metalanguage (NSM)
Maskova, Stephanie
A Semantic Analysis of Snow-related Words in Danish and Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic)
topic_facet weather terms
snow-related terms
environmental semantics
Kalaallisut
West Greenlandic
Danish
English
natural semantic metalanguage (NSM)
description This paper emerges from the vexed question whether the allegedly many “Eskimo” terms for snow document a linkage between language, culture, and cognition. Using the semantic explication technique of the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) approach, the emic logics embedded in the Kalaallisut snow-related words aputit and nittaappoq and the Danish snow-related words sne and det sner are unfolded. Through a comparison of the findings, the paper discusses how the physical world is conceptualized in both culture-specific and transcultural ways. The explications are based on evidence from semantic consultations and text examples.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Maskova, Stephanie
author_facet Maskova, Stephanie
author_sort Maskova, Stephanie
title A Semantic Analysis of Snow-related Words in Danish and Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic)
title_short A Semantic Analysis of Snow-related Words in Danish and Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic)
title_full A Semantic Analysis of Snow-related Words in Danish and Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic)
title_fullStr A Semantic Analysis of Snow-related Words in Danish and Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic)
title_full_unstemmed A Semantic Analysis of Snow-related Words in Danish and Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic)
title_sort semantic analysis of snow-related words in danish and kalaallisut (west greenlandic)
publisher Aarhus University
publishDate 2022
url https://tidsskrift.dk/sss/article/view/135079
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kalaallisut
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op_source Skandinaviske Sprogstudier; Årg. 13 Nr. 1 (2022): Special issue: Cognitive Cultural Semantics - A Nordic Guide to Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM); 225-248
Scandinavian Studies in Language; Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): Special issue: Cognitive Cultural Semantics - A Nordic Guide to Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM); 225-248
1904-7843
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