Noun classification or spatial categorization: Damana orientation verbs (Williams 1995)

Autor:	Williams, Larry P
Data:	1995
Título:	Noun classification or spatial categorization: Damana orientation verbs
Detalhes:	Orientação: Albert Bickford Mestrado, University of North Dakota

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• A grammar sketch of Dəməna (Williams 1993)

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http://www.sil.org/americas/colombia/pubs/46533.pdf

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This thesis argues against a nominal classification analysis of orientation verbs in Damana, a Chibchan language of northern Colombia. As shown through a careful analysis of eleven verbs, the verbal system of Damana primarily encodes spatial relations and does not classify objects by shape.
The evidence for this conclusion proceeds from several areas. First, I show that Damana does not meet the requirements for a noun class system. Secondly, I show that the same object can be freely associated with various verb stems depending on the object's orientation. Thirdly, in metaphorical extensions involving these 'noun class' verbs, it is a spatial relation which is extended and not shape, illustrating the core meaning or sense of the verb. Finally, other verbs are given that describe additional spatial relations, yet have a lexical form which is independent of an object's shape. These verbs are used freely in metaphorical extensions in ways similar to the 'noun class' verbs, forming a natural group of verbs that encode spatial relations as part of the verb's lexical meaning. Because the arguments include extensive discussion of metaphorical extensions, this thesis provides a glimpse into the rich semantic system of Damana.

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