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Dozing eyes and drunken faces
Nominalized psycho-collocations in Daakaka (Vanuatu)
- Source: Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language”, Volume 41, Issue 2, Jan 2017, p. 502 - 520
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- 19 Sept 2017
Abstract
Like many languages of the world, the Oceanic language Daakaka (Vanuatu) uses idiomatic combinations of body-part terms and verbs to express emotions, medical conditions and related concepts. However, languages differ in how they express the same concepts nominally. I will contrast the nominalization strategy found in Daakaka with other languages and discuss the differences. I will argue that the nominalization strategy in Daakaka is less transparent than its alternatives but that it allows for the formation of a paradigm that also includes meteorological expressions. This phenomenon highlights the need to look beyond individual lexemes when comparing lexical classes and derivational processes cross-linguistically. 1
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