Pointing out directions in Murrinhpatha
Pointing out directions in Murrinhpatha
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DOI：
10.1515/opli-2016-0007
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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0.8
通讯作者：
Stoakes, Hywel
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作者：
Blythe, Joe;Mardigan, Kinngirri Carmelita;Stoakes, Hywel
澳大利亚原住民语言Murrinhpatha的使用者不使用抽象的方向，而是使用命名的地标，指示词和指向来提及感兴趣的位置。建立在文化规定的避免某些地名，本研究报告使用指示词，指向和地标的方向。是否使用指向，以及选择哪些指示词，部分取决于对话者之间的相对认识倾向，部分取决于是否正在寻找或提供有关位置的信息。空间向量的表示依赖于指向，这需要一种包括视觉-身体形态的语言的连接。
Rather than using abstract directionals, speakers of the Australian Aboriginal language Murrinhpatha make reference to locations of interest using named landmarks, demonstratives and pointing. Building on a culturally prescribed avoidance for certain placenames, this study reports on the use of demonstratives, pointing and landmarks for direction giving. Whether or not pointing will be used, and which demonstratives will be selected is determined partly by the relative epistemic incline between interlocutors and partly by whether information about a location is being sought or being provided. The reliance on pointing for the representation of spatial vectors requires a construal of language that includes the visuo-corporal modality.