Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna

This chapter focuses on the analysis of resemblance metaphors and metonymies that operate in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna. Our corpus is basically composed of binomials (noun-noun compounds) in which these semantic mechanisms are representative and useful for naming...

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Autores principales: García Ruiz, Ketty, Huasco Escalante, Jaime, López Rojas, Jhon Jairo
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author García Ruiz, Ketty
Huasco Escalante, Jaime
López Rojas, Jhon Jairo
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description This chapter focuses on the analysis of resemblance metaphors and metonymies that operate in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna. Our corpus is basically composed of binomials (noun-noun compounds) in which these semantic mechanisms are representative and useful for naming sub-generic species. In our analysis, we have mostly identified the mapping of prominent characteristics such as color and shape (metonymic bases) in resemblance metaphors. Many of our examples also reveal the preference for metonymies constituted by habitat data and the diet of the named entities, significant information for a hunting people like the Aguaruna. Finally, we see that, in the binomials analyzed, the source domains are not always other biological organisms (plants and animals), but can be elements of nature, cultural objects, and even mythological characters.
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spelling INIA27422025-05-16T17:25:54Z Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna García Ruiz, Ketty Huasco Escalante, Jaime López Rojas, Jhon Jairo ethnobiology fauna cognitive linguistics metaphor metonymy Aguaruna Jivaroan https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.05.00 Etnobiología; fauna; lingüística cognitiva; metáfora; metonimia; lenguas indígenas; Amazonía This chapter focuses on the analysis of resemblance metaphors and metonymies that operate in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna. Our corpus is basically composed of binomials (noun-noun compounds) in which these semantic mechanisms are representative and useful for naming sub-generic species. In our analysis, we have mostly identified the mapping of prominent characteristics such as color and shape (metonymic bases) in resemblance metaphors. Many of our examples also reveal the preference for metonymies constituted by habitat data and the diet of the named entities, significant information for a hunting people like the Aguaruna. Finally, we see that, in the binomials analyzed, the source domains are not always other biological organisms (plants and animals), but can be elements of nature, cultural objects, and even mythological characters. 2025-05-16T17:25:17Z 2025-05-16T17:25:17Z 2022-03-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart García-Ruiz, K., Huasco-Escalante, J., & López-Rojas, J. J. (2022). Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna. Metaphorical Conceptualizations:(Inter) Cultural Perspectives, 45, 95. doi: 10.1515/9783110688306-005 978-3-11-068830-6 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2742 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110688306-005 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf De Gruyter Mouto DE Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria Repositorio Institucional - INIA
spellingShingle ethnobiology
fauna
cognitive linguistics
metaphor
metonymy
Aguaruna
Jivaroan
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.05.00
Etnobiología; fauna; lingüística cognitiva; metáfora; metonimia; lenguas indígenas; Amazonía
García Ruiz, Ketty
Huasco Escalante, Jaime
López Rojas, Jhon Jairo
Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna
title Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna
title_full Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna
title_fullStr Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna
title_full_unstemmed Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna
title_short Resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the Amazonian language Aguaruna
title_sort resemblance metaphor and metonymy in the ethnozoological lexicon of the amazonian language aguaruna
topic ethnobiology
fauna
cognitive linguistics
metaphor
metonymy
Aguaruna
Jivaroan
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.05.00
Etnobiología; fauna; lingüística cognitiva; metáfora; metonimia; lenguas indígenas; Amazonía
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2742
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110688306-005
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