TIME AS SPACE Metaphor in Isbukun Bunun: A Semantic Analysis.

In languages across the world, the representation of temporal notions shows a high relatedness to spatial expressions. In Isbukun Bunun, the mapping between SPACE and TIME is also attested, but is limited in several ways. In this study, I discuss the types of space-time mapping, and deliberate on so...

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Publicado en:Oceanic Linguistics Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25
Autor principal: Shuping Huang
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Hawai'i Jun2016
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