RUI: Typology and Topology, the Acquisition and Use of Tzotzil Spatial Language

RUI：类型学和拓扑学、Tzotzil 空间语言的获取和使用

• 批准号: 9222394
• 负责人: John Haviland
• 金额: $ 25.01万
• 依托单位: Reed College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-03-15 至 1998-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9222394&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Typology; Topology; Acquisition; Use

ABSTRACT The linguistic expression of spatial relations is central to recent work in semantics, cognitive anthropology, and language acquisition. Universalist claims have been advanced about the nature of linguistically coded spatial concepts, their origins in human perception and cognition, and their order of acquisition. There are, however, few studies of spatial language in non- European contexts, and even fewer studies of the use of spatial language in ordinary life. This projects investigates three spatial domains in Zinacantec Tzotzil (Mayan, Chiapas, Mexico) which challenge current typological claims: (1) verbs of motion; (2) positional roots involving "support" and "containment"; and (3) inalienably possessed nominal roots encoding "anatomical" spatial relations. Extending existing studies of spatial semantics in adult Tzotzil, this project investigates the use of elements from these linguistic subdomains in both natural and semi-natural contexts: in everyday work, and in constructed interactive "space games". The project also explores the Zinacantec child's acquisition of the structure and use of these lexical systems, cross-sectionally and longitudinally. The project will elucidate, first mutual relationships between semantic systems and the indexical structure of specific cultural communicative practices. Second, it will reveal possible interactions between the acquisition of spatial concepts and language-specific systems of spatial representation.

摘要 空间关系的语言表达是 最近在语义学、认知人类学和语言方面的工作 采集普遍主义者已经提出了关于 语言编码的空间概念的性质，它们的起源， 人类感知和认知，以及它们的习得顺序。 然而，对非语言空间语言的研究却很少。 欧洲的背景下，甚至更少的研究使用的空间 日常生活中的语言该项目调查了三个 Zinacantec Tzotzil（玛雅语，恰帕斯，墨西哥）中的空间域 它挑战了当前的类型学主张：（1）运动动词; (2)涉及“支持”和“遏制”的位置词根; (3)不可分割地拥有的名词词根编码“解剖学” 空间关系。扩展现有的空间研究 语义在成年Tzotzil，这个项目调查使用 这些语言子域中的自然和 半自然的背景：在日常工作中，在构建 互动的“太空游戏”。该项目还探讨了 Zinacantec儿童对这些结构和使用的获得 词汇系统，横向和纵向。的 项目将阐明，首先相互之间的关系 语义系统和特定文化的索引结构 沟通实践。其次，它将揭示可能的 空间概念的获得与 语言特有的空间表达系统。