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Otten D (2005). Cardinal directions and environmental concepts of landscape in Kwanyama (Owambo). Afrikanistik online, Vol. 2005. (urn:nbn:de:0009-10-2491)
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%0 Journal Article %T Cardinal directions and environmental concepts of landscape in Kwanyama (Owambo) %A Otten, Dirk %J Afrikanistik online %D 2005 %V 2005 %N 2 %@ 1860-7462 %F otten2005 %X This contribution examines some conceptual domains of environment among the Kwanyama speakers of northern Namibia, focussing on the linguistic expression as well as on their semantic facets and richness. In many cases, it will become clear that the designation of landscape and its scenic characteristics of landscape does not necessarily require specific terms. Instead, it often makes use of phraseological and descriptive devices, which must be regarded as strongly context dependent. The major part of this paper deals with different types of landscape, their conceptualisation as well as their linguistic expression. This includes mainly the domains of forest, savannah, seasonal grassland and their salient features and elements. Finally, the findings will be contrasted with results from my survey on place names conducted in the Owambo region as part of a Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 389 (1.12.2005) project. %L 490 %K Kwanyama %K Landschaft %K Namibia %K Owambo %K environment %K landscape %U http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0009-10-2491Download
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@Article{otten2005,
author = "Otten, Dirk",
title = "Cardinal directions and environmental concepts of landscape in Kwanyama (Owambo)",
journal = "Afrikanistik online",
year = "2005",
volume = "2005",
number = "2",
keywords = "Kwanyama; Landschaft; Namibia; Owambo; environment; landscape",
abstract = "This contribution examines some conceptual domains of environment among the Kwanyama speakers of northern Namibia, focussing on the linguistic expression as well as on their semantic facets and richness. In many cases, it will become clear that the designation of landscape and its scenic characteristics of landscape does not necessarily require specific terms. Instead, it often makes use of phraseological and descriptive devices, which must be regarded as strongly context dependent. The major part of this paper deals with different types of landscape, their conceptualisation as well as their linguistic expression. This includes mainly the domains of forest, savannah, seasonal grassland and their salient features and elements. Finally, the findings will be contrasted with results from my survey on place names conducted in the Owambo region as part of a Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 389 (1.12.2005) project.",
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TY - JOUR AU - Otten, Dirk PY - 2005 DA - 2005// TI - Cardinal directions and environmental concepts of landscape in Kwanyama (Owambo) JO - Afrikanistik online VL - 2005 IS - 2 KW - Kwanyama KW - Landschaft KW - Namibia KW - Owambo KW - environment KW - landscape AB - This contribution examines some conceptual domains of environment among the Kwanyama speakers of northern Namibia, focussing on the linguistic expression as well as on their semantic facets and richness. In many cases, it will become clear that the designation of landscape and its scenic characteristics of landscape does not necessarily require specific terms. Instead, it often makes use of phraseological and descriptive devices, which must be regarded as strongly context dependent. The major part of this paper deals with different types of landscape, their conceptualisation as well as their linguistic expression. This includes mainly the domains of forest, savannah, seasonal grassland and their salient features and elements. Finally, the findings will be contrasted with results from my survey on place names conducted in the Owambo region as part of a Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 389 (1.12.2005) project. SN - 1860-7462 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0009-10-2491 ID - otten2005 ER -Download
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| Bibliographic Citation | Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2005, Iss. 2 |
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| Title |
Cardinal directions and environmental concepts of landscape in Kwanyama (Owambo) (eng) |
| Author | Dirk Otten |
| Language | eng |
| Abstract | This contribution examines some conceptual domains of environment among the Kwanyama speakers of northern Namibia, focussing on the linguistic expression as well as on their semantic facets and richness. In many cases, it will become clear that the designation of landscape and its scenic characteristics of landscape does not necessarily require specific terms. Instead, it often makes use of phraseological and descriptive devices, which must be regarded as strongly context dependent. The major part of this paper deals with different types of landscape, their conceptualisation as well as their linguistic expression. This includes mainly the domains of forest, savannah, seasonal grassland and their salient features and elements. Finally, the findings will be contrasted with results from my survey on place names conducted in the Owambo region as part of a Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 389 (1.12.2005) project. |
| Subject | Kwanyama, Landschaft, Namibia, Owambo, environment, landscape |
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| DDC | 490 |
| Rights | DPPL |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:0009-10-2491 |
