Topic
Avoidance speech
About: Avoidance speech is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2 publications have been published within this topic receiving 42 citations. The topic is also known as: avoidance language.
Papers
10 Oct 2013
TL;DR: Panoan languages and dialects were classified and inventory of Panoan dialects and languages as mentioned in this paper, and a classification of common denomination synonyms, variants, and homonyms.
Abstract: 7 Introduction 9 Classification and inventory of Panoan languages and dialects 9 Ethnonyms and orthography 12 Former misconceptions about the Panoan family 17 On dialects and languages 19 Panoan internal classification and Panoan dispersal 21 Relations to other South American families 22 Panoan-Takanan relations 22 Other proposed genetic ties beyond the family 24 Contact with other Amazonian groups and Kechua speakers 24 History of Panoan linguistics 26 The Jesuits (1640s–1768) 26 The Franciscans (1657–1930s) 28 Foreign travelers of the 1800s 32 European philologists of the late 1800s 34 A new generation of list collectors and linguists (1900–1930s) 34 The Summer Institute of Linguistics (1940s–present) 37 University academics (1970s–present) 39 Priorities for future research 41 Typological overview 43 Phonology 43 Morphology 43 Syntax 44 Ethnolinguistic features 45 Linguistic taboos 45 In-law avoidance speech 45 Weeping kinship lexicon 45 Lingua francas and pidgins 46 Ceremonial languages 46 Gender-specific speech 46 Game synonymy and pet vocative terms 48 References 49 Appendix 1: Index of common denomination synonyms, variants, and homonyms 74
97 citations
1 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the hunting avoidance speech style of the Murui, a Witoto people from southern Colombia and northern Peru, who employ a special vocabulary used when hunting bigger game.
Abstract: This paper is describes the hunting avoidance speech style of the Murui, a Witoto people from southern Colombia and northern Peru. Murui men employ a special vocabulary used when hunting bigger game. It is a system of lexical substitution employed to "deceive" the animal spirits by avoidance of the utterance of the animals' names. Uttering tabooed words would result in an unsuccessful hunting: animal spirits would know they are to be hunted and, therefore, they would escape. Animals are, therefore, 'renamed'. This culturally significant speech register, which is subject to a high degree of metalinguistic awareness, is referred to by native speakers as 'skilled speech'. Avoidance terms and their referents appear to be iconic: substitute terms are generally based on physical similarity or characteristic behaviour between the animal whose name is avoided and some, typically non-faunal, natural objects (commonly fruits) (cf. Stasch 2008). The iconic aspect, and the consistent rank shifting from the faunal term to the floral term, suggest important ideological aspects to the register. Nowadays, this special avoidance speech style is on the wane. With the increasing influence of Christianity, and subsequent decrease of importance of evil spirits, the 'hunting' avoidance speech style is almost exclusively indicative to older generations of the Murui people.
4 citations
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| 2015 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |