Anatomical Terms in Huli Names and Games
This paper seeks to analyse the anatomical nomenclature of the Huli by extending the frame of reference to inch& culturally organised sets of behaviours having in common ‘talk about the body’. The focus is on eliciting the distinctive elements of sounds, forms, and substitution patterns as the s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1986
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The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 1986, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 190-208 |
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| Summary: | This paper seeks to analyse the anatomical nomenclature of the Huli by extending the frame of reference to inch& culturally organised sets of behaviours having in common ‘talk about the body’. The focus is on eliciting the distinctive elements of sounds, forms, and substitution patterns as the system which underlies these behaviours. It is suggested that the logic of body terms in Huli is not grounded in universal classificatory predispositions, but rather sociocultural practices relating to linguistic socialisation. Data on baby talk, nursery rhymes, and children's games are presented to show consistency and congruency across a range of contexts linked by ‘body’ motifs. The hypothesis is forwarded that apart from the significance of play in sensitising the child to cultural rules about speaking, or indeed its facilitative role in language acquisition, the nexus of ludic institutions examined herein appear implicated in an evolutionary and logico-operational sense in the adult anatomical nomenclature. |
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| ISSN: | 1757-6547 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australian journal of anthropology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb00734.x |
