Landscape unbounded: space, place, and orientation in not equal Akhoe Hai//om and beyond

Item does not contain fulltext Even before it became a common place to assume that “the Eskimo have a hundred words for snow” the languages of hunting and gathering people have played an important role in debates about linguistic relativity concerning geographical ontologies. Evidence from languages...

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Published in:Language Sciences
Main Author: Widlok, T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Published: 2008
Subjects:
Anthropology and Development Studies
eskimo*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2066/73014
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2006.12.002
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spelling ftunivnijmegen:oai:repository.ubn.ru.nl:2066/73014 2023-12-24T10:16:23+01:00 Landscape unbounded: space, place, and orientation in not equal Akhoe Hai//om and beyond Widlok, T. 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/2066/73014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2006.12.002 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/2066/73014 doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2006.12.002 Language Sciences (Tokyo), 30, 2-3, pp. 362-380 Anthropology and Development Studies Article / Letter to editor 2008 ftunivnijmegen https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2006.12.002 2023-11-29T23:11:59Z Item does not contain fulltext Even before it became a common place to assume that “the Eskimo have a hundred words for snow” the languages of hunting and gathering people have played an important role in debates about linguistic relativity concerning geographical ontologies. Evidence from languages of hunter-gatherers has been used in radical relativist challenges to the overall notion of a comparative typology of generic natural forms and landscapes as terms of reference. It has been invoked to emphasize a personalized relationship between humans and the non-human world. It is against this background that this contribution discusses the landscape terminology of ≠Akhoe Hai//om, a Khoisan language spoken by “Bushmen” in Namibia. Landscape vocabulary is ubiquitous in ≠Akhoe Hai//om due to the fact that the landscape plays a critical role in directionals and other forms of “topographical gossip” and due to merges between landscape and group terminology. This system of landscape-cum-group terminology is outlined and related to the use of place names in the area. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Radboud University: DSpace Language Sciences 30 2-3 362 380
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