Pointing Out Directions in Murrinhpatha

• Autorzy: Joe Blythe , Kinngirri Carmelita Mardigan , Mawurt Ernest Perdjert , Hywel Stoakes
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Rather than using abstract directionals, speakers of the Australian Aboriginal language Murrinhpatha make reference to locations of interest using named landmarks, demonstratives and pointing. Building on a culturally prescribed avoidance for certain placenames, this study reports on the use of demonstratives, pointing and landmarks for direction giving. Whether or not pointing will be used, and which demonstratives will be selected is determined partly by the relative epistemic incline between interlocutors and partly by whether information about a location is being sought or being provided. The reliance on pointing for the representation of spatial vectors requires a construal of language that includes the visuo-corporal modality.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Multimodal utterances; indexical reference; name avoidance; sequence organization; gestureand pointing; collaborative reference; epistemics; demonstratives

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: Open Linguistics
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 2
• Numer: 1

Daty

otrzymano

2015-06-13

zaakceptowano

2016-02-11

online

2016-05-16

Twórcy

autor

Joe Blythe

• Macquarie University, University of Melbourne

autor

Kinngirri Carmelita Mardigan

• Kanamkek Yile Ngala Wadeye Aboriginal Languages Centre

autor

Mawurt Ernest Perdjert

• Kanamkek Yile Ngala Wadeye Aboriginal Languages Centre

autor

Hywel Stoakes

• University of Melbourne

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/opli-2016-0007