Marquesan: a grammar of space
Auteur :
Cablitz, Gabriele H.
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
ISBN :
9783110189490
Date de publication :
19 sept. 2006
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
1308 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
Marquesan, an endangered Polynesian language, is remarkable because its speakers use a spatial orientation system based on local landmarks in the environment to describe spatial relations even in micro-level space. This volume is an empirical analysis of the verbal forms and means of spatial reference and the conception of space in this language.