The Navajo Progressive in Discourse

A Study in Temporal Semantics

Sally Midgette (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

252 Seiten

1995
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-2536-8 (ISBN)

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This study examines the question of how linguistic categories may influence thinking, with respect to the perception of time. Investigating the verb system of Navajo, the author determines that the notion of aspect is crucial; she describes one category, the Progressive, as it is used in various types of discourse. She concludes that, as studies of color terms and perception have shown, no direct link can be established between language categories and ways of perceiving the world, and yet there exist 'idealized cognitive models' which suggest important differences between linguistic groups.

The Author: Sally Midgette is an adjunct professor of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico, having received her doctorate from there in 1987. She assisted Robert Young and William Morgan with the Analytical Lexicon of Navajo (1991), and has published an article on tense and aspect in the Journal of Navajo Education. Dr. Midgette has also presented numerous papers at linguistic conferences.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.1995
Reihe/Serie	History and Language ; 6
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	530 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Hardcover, Softcover / Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft • HC/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft • Navajo /Sprache • Semantik
ISBN-10	0-8204-2536-2 / 0820425362
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-2536-8 / 9780820425368
Zustand	Neuware