scholarly journals Documentação linguística das zonas raianas de Portugal e Espanha: o projeto Frontespo, com análise do caso da Beira Baixa / Extremadura espanhola

2017 ◽  
pp. 21-49
Author(s):  
Fernando Brissos
Keyword(s):  
Language Documentation ◽  
Border Area ◽  
Vowel Systems ◽  
History Of ◽  
Linguistic Approach ◽  
Interior Part

This paper takes on two main objectives. The first is to present and depict the project Frontespo – Frontera hispano-portuguesa: documentación lingüística y bibliográfica [Spanish-Portuguese frontier: linguistic and bibliographic documentation], which aims at producing a comprehensive linguistic documentation of the frontier area between Portugal and Spain. The second objective is to study the stressed vowel systems of a specific border area located in the central interior part of Portugal, which, despite not having been subject to a detailed depiction up to this day, is decisive in understanding the constitution of Portuguese central-southern dialects as a whole, as recent studies have shown. The results are clear in (i) allowing for the description of the area’s vowel systems and (ii) improving our view on the history of central-southern Portuguese. This study therefore exemplifies the type of linguistic approach that a project like Frontespo allows for and, more importantly, the need for new, comprehensive language documentation projects in Portugal.

scholarly journals Amazonian worlds of other-than-human beings and the Apurinã through the materiality of oral stories

Multilingua ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen ◽  
Francisco Apurinã ◽  
Sidney Facundes
Keyword(s):  
Language Documentation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Linguistic Resources ◽  
Origin Stories ◽  
The People ◽  
Communicative Practice ◽  
History Of ◽  
Origin Story ◽  
Community Meeting ◽  
Southwestern Amazonia

Abstract This article looks at what origin stories teach about the world and what kind of material presence they have in Southwestern Amazonia. We examine the ways the Apurinã relate to certain nonhuman entities through their origin story, and our theoretical approach is language materiality, as we are interested in material means of mediating traditional stories. Analogous to the ways that speakers of many other languages who distinguish the entities that they talk to or about, the Apurinã make use of linguistic resources to establish the ways they interact with different entities. Besides these resources, the material means of mediating stories is a crucial tool to narrate the worlds of humans and nonhumans. Storytelling requires material mediation, and a specific context of plant substances. It also involves community meeting as a space of trust in order to become a communicative practice and effectively introduce the history of the people. Our sources are ethnography, language documentation, and autoethnography.

Economic thought in the 17th and 18th centuries: a linguistic approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-270
Author(s):  
Iara Vigo de Lima
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Front Position ◽  
History Of ◽  
Epistemological Model ◽  
Theory Of Language ◽  
Theory Of Value ◽  
Linguistic Approach ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse Michel Foucault’s new epistemological model regarding an analogy between the theory of language and economic thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Design/methodology/approach – Through the scrutiny of language, Foucault intended to demonstrate that some analogies, among different branches of knowledge (interdiscursive practice), allow us to apprehend the underlying configuration of thought regarding ontological and epistemological conditions that have historically determined knowledge. He draws a parallel between four theoretical segments borrowed from general grammar (Attribution, Articulation, Designation and Derivation) and economic thought on wealth. Findings – One of the most remarkable propositions of this approach is that the theory of language and economic thought were epistemologically isomorphic in that context. What the theory of language stated in relation to “attribution” and “articulation” corresponded to the “theory of value” in economic thought. What grammar investigated regarding “designation” and “derivation” was analogous to the “theory of money and trade” in economic thought. The relationships that were – directly and diagonally – identified between and among them led to the conclusion that there was ‘a circular and surface causality’ in economic thought insofar as “circulation” preceded “production”. It was “superficial” because it could not find an explanation for the cause of “wealth”, which was only possible when “production” was placed in the front position of theories. Practical implications – Such an epistemological point of view can inspire other studies in the history of economic thought. Originality/value – This paper offers a perspective on how to think about the history of ontological and epistemological conditions of economic thought.

Toponymy in Igbomina Yoruba Language: An Anthropological Linguistic Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Anthony Ayodele OLAOYE
Keyword(s):  
Language Change ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Language Documentation ◽  
Place Names ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Origin ◽  
Yoruba Language

<p>Toponymy, the study of place names, is an interesting geo-linguistic phenomenon in the ethnography of the Igbomina Yoruba people of Kwara State, Nigeria. The author is interested in the anthropological linguistic aspects of the topic. The research question is: what is the anthropo-linguistic significance of toponyms? Through the interview method of data elicitation, the author gathered information from Igbomina Community kings (Oba), Opinion leaders and custodian of public places, village squares and local museums. The study reveals that place names are very strong and reliable indices or records of people’s historical origin, their genetic relationships, their culture and philosophy. The author then classifies toponyms according to their anthropo –linguistic functions. The following typology of place names, were identified and analyzed: personal, place names, communal, ascriptive, descriptive, honorific, sacred/religious, taboo, etymological and general place names. It was found that toponyms are diachronic, geo-linguistic date marks which could be used in tracking down the history and age of a community, their migration and settlement, their language and dialect variation, the history of language change and language reconstruction, including language documentation.</p>

Comparing the Received Pronunciation of J. R. Firth and Daniel Jones: A sociophonetic perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-400
Author(s):  
Joanna Przedlacka ◽  
Michael Ashby
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Acoustic Analysis ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Regional Features ◽  
The Social ◽  
Vowel Systems ◽  
History Of ◽  
Received Pronunciation ◽  
Internal Variation

This study focuses on a corpus assembled from commercial recordings of 1929 and 1932 featuring the two British linguists J. R. Firth (1890–1960) and Daniel Jones (1881–1967). The aim is to analyse and quantify differences in the Received Pronunciation (RP) used by the two men, in relation to sociolinguistic and stylistic variation within RP of the period. A systematic acoustic analysis reveals that whereas the vowel systems of the two speakers are closely similar in most respects, there are significant differences in the realizations of the trap, price and dress qualities. We show that each of these has a well-documented history of variation in RP, and find that in each case Firth is employing the higher-class or more prestigious variant, which is a reversal of expectations based on what is known about the social and regional origins of the two. We consider the possible roles of social background, avoidance of regional features and hypercorrection. The outcomes of our work are (i) an illustration of RP used in the interwar period for the purposes of teaching English as a foreign language, (ii) empirical evidence for internal variation within the accent, (iii) additional insights into the stylistic and social correlates of this variation, and (iv) a demonstration that satisfactory formant analyses can be conducted with recordings from as early as the 1920s. Overall, it is hoped that this case-study will both throw light on the ‘standard’ accent of the era and inspire further sociophonetic investigations with legacy recordings.

scholarly journals ARKEOLOGI PULAU TERDEPAN: TINJAUAN POTENSI PURBAKALA DI PULAU SELARU MALUKU TENGGARA BARAT (Archaeology of Outermost Island: The Potential Overview in Selaru Island West Southeast Moluccas Indonesia)

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-201
Author(s):  
Marion Ririmasse
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Study ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Potential Region ◽  
Border Area ◽  
Strategic Value ◽  
History Of

Selaru Is one of the 92 outermost Islands In Indonesia. Geographically located in the TanlmbarArchipelago, Selaru is one of the southeastemmost island of Indonesia which is closely located to Australia. A condtion that present the strategic value in terms of politics and academics for this area. Unfortunately, despite the importance of this Island, very limited archaeological and cultural historical study has been conducted In Selaru. This paper is a prelimenary overview of archaeological potential in one of the country frontline. The reconaissance survey has been adopted as an approach in this research. The results shows that Selaru is a potential region to be developed in the framework of archaeology and cultural history of the region. Includes, the cultural study to develop the border area of Indonesia. AbstrakPulau Seiaru adalah salah satu dan 92 pulau terdepan di Indonesia. Terletak di Kepulauan Tanlmbar; Selaru menjadl salah satu pulau terselatan Nusantara yang paling dekat dengan daratan Australia. Hal mana memberi nilai strategis secara politis dan akademis bagi wilayah ini. Meski dengan nilai penting sedemikian, belum banyak perhatian dari studi arkeologi dan sejarah budaya bagi Pulau Selaru. Makalah ini merupakan tinjauan awal atas potensi arkeologi yang ada di salah satu wilayah teras negara ini. Pendekatan peneiitian dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode survei penjajakan. Hasil studi menemukan bahwa Selaru memiliki potensi dalam kerangka studi arkeologi dan sejarah budaya kawasan. Termasuk dalam kaitan dengan kajian budaya untuk pengembangan kawasan perbatasan.

Glimpse of Tangkhul Tribes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Amiri
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Border Area ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Border

Tangkhul is a Naga tribe living in the Indo-Myanmar border area occupying the Ukhrul district in Manipur, India and the Somra Tangkhul hills in Myanmar. Despite this international border, the Tangkhul have continued to regard them as one nation. the history of the Tangkhul Nagas were not written in the early days. Still then, history can be read and understood through oral conversation, songs and cultures of the people. The book explores various cultural and sociological aspects of the Tangkhul Naga tribe. About the Author: Mohammad Amiri was born on 10th January 1991 at Tehran in Iran. He did his B.A (Public Administration) degree between 2010 to 2014 at Qazvin Islamic Azad University with Grade of First Class with Distinction. He Joined the Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University for his higher studies in the year 2014 and obtained his Post-Graduate degree M.S.W with specialization of Human Resource Management &Labour Welfare in 2016 with Grade of First Class with Distinction. He received from Panjab University, Chandigarh in the year 2016 and pursuing PhD from the same University. He is the author of ISI, and International articles.

Comparative graphematics

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rüdiger Weingarten
Keyword(s):  
Language Change ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Writing Systems ◽  
General Outline ◽  
Comparative Linguistics ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Linguistic Approach

This paper seeks to outline comparative graphematics as a linguistic approach within writing systems research and typology. In addition to providing a general outline of the approach and its benefits, it is exemplified through a discussion of the relation between the gemination of consonant letters and the graphemic representation of long consonants. Two different approaches within comparative graphematics are applied, one that asks about the meaning or function of the units of writing systems and one that starts with linguistic (e.g. phonological or morphological) units or structures and looks at whether they are represented (and, if so, how) in various writing systems. Consequently, two different typological matrices are presented. Moreover, through a combination of historical and comparative perspectives, the paper investigates the diachronic transitions in the functions of a graphemic construction, as observed within the history of a single writing system or in its adoption within several systems. It is shown that an inherited construction, such as the germination of consonant letters, can be reanalysed; if it loses its former representational function during the course of language change, it may subsequently be utilized for different purposes. A construction may also remain as an ‘evolutionary vestige’ within a writing system, at least for some time. Similar forms of reanalysis can be found if a construction is applied to a new language. Keywords: graphematics; orthography; writing system; script; comparative linguistics; cross-linguistic studies; typology; germination

A little-known aspect of Leonard Bloomfield’s linguistics

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Barnhart
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reception ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Considerable Time ◽  
Lee Smith ◽  
Reading Pedagogy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Linguistic Approach

Summary Leonard Bloomfield’s (1887–1949) contribution to the literature and theory of teaching reading is not widely known. This paper recounts the history of that contribution, published as Let’s Read: A linguistic approach in 1961, well after his death. Clarence L. Barnhart (1900–1993), the lexicographer, had encouraged Bloomfield to write a complete, finished manuscript of his phonemic approach to teaching reading and expended considerable time searching for a publisher. Bloomfield and Barnhart also sought classroom experimentation of Bloomfield’s materials before publication, which by and large verified his ideas, as did later experiments. Critical reception of Let’s Read, which rejected familiar reading pedagogy, was not warmly welcoming, especially among reading professionals, while linguists like the Romanist Yakov Malkiel (1914–1998) and the structuralist Henry Lee Smith (1913–1972) offered more positive assessments.

Language Archiving

2018 ◽  
pp. 346-369
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker ◽  
Ryan Henke
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Endangered Languages ◽  
Language Documentation ◽  
Digital Archiving ◽  
Endangered Language ◽  
History Of ◽  
Participatory Model ◽  
User Centered

In this chapter, the authors examine the role of language archiving in endangered-language scholarship. First they explore the history of archiving for endangered languages, from the age of Boas and the archiving of analog materials through the rise of the endangered-language movement and the development of best practices for digital archiving to the current era of established archiving standards. Then they discuss a potential future for language archiving, that of the participatory model of language archiving, which is radically user-centered and draws on trends in the archival sciences. Next they present some of the extant archives for language documentation, the members of the Digital Endangered Languages and Music Archiving Network. Finally, because archiving is an activity that is now available to anyone undertaking endangered-language work, they close by presenting the steps one would take to work with an archive to deposit one’s own materials.

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