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ISBN: 1280527641 0195357833 1429415509 9781429415507 9780195092110 0195092112 0195092112 0197721354 Year: 1996 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press
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This study examines the system of classificatory particles - the divisions of the noun lexicon into distinct classes - in Kilivila, the Austronesian language of the Trobrian Islanders of Papua New Guinea. The author uses data gathered in field research.
Kiriwinian language --- Kilivila language --- Trobriand language --- Melanesian languages --- Kitava language --- Particles. --- Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) --- Languages --- Grammar. --- Classification --- Particles --- Grammar --- Austronesian languages --- Kiriwina Islands --- Classification.
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ISBN: 1282723103 9786612723100 3111742733 3110227991 3110227983 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berlin De Gruyter
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Bronislaw Maliniowski claimed in his monograph Argonauts of the Western Pacific that to approach the goal of ethnographic field-work, requires a "collection of ethnographic statements, characteristic narratives, typical utterances, items of folk-lore and magical formulae ... as a corpus inscriptionum, as documents of native mentality". This book finally meets Malinowski's demand. Based on more than 40 months of field research the author presents, documents and illustrates the Trobriand Islanders' own indigenous typology of text categories or genres, covering the spectrum from ditties children chant while spinning a top, to gossip, songs, tales, and myths. The typology is based on Kilivila metalinguistic terms for these genres, and considers the relationship they have with registers or varieties which are also metalinguistically distinguished by the native speakers of this language. Rooted in the 'ethnography of speaking' paradigm and in the 'anthropological linguistics/linguistic anthropology' approach, the book highlights the relevance of genres for researching the role of language, culture and cognition in social interaction, and demonstrates the importance of understanding genres for achieving linguistic and cultural competence. In addition to the data presented in the book, its readers have the opportunity to access the original audio- and video-data presented via the internet on a special website, which mirrors the structure of the book. Thus, the reader can check the transcriptions against the original data recordings. This makes the volume particularly valuable for teaching purposes in (general, Austronesian/ Oceanic, documentary, and anthropological) linguistics and ethnology.
Kiriwinian language. --- Melanesian languages. --- Oceanic languages --- Proto-Oceanic language --- Kilivila language --- Trobriand language --- Melanesian languages --- Kitava language --- Anthropology. --- Endangered Languages. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Textlinguistics.
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ISBN: 9027202877 9786613314789 1283314789 9027284695 Year: 2011 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
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The Trobriand Islanders' eschatological belief system explains what happens when someone dies. Bronislaw Malinowski described essentials of this eschatology in his articles ""Baloma: the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands"" and ""Myth in Primitive Psychology"". There he also presented the Trobrianders' belief that a ""baloma"" can be reborn; he claimed that Trobrianders are unaware of the father's role as genitor. This volume presents a critical review of Malinowski's ethnography of Trobriand eschatology - finally settling the ""virgin birth"" controversy. It also documents the ritua
Kiriwinian language. --- Language. --- Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) -- Languages. --- Kiriwinian language --- Languages & Literatures --- Austronesian, Papuan & Australian Languages & Literatures --- Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) --- Languages. --- Kilivila language --- Trobriand language --- Melanesian languages --- Kitava language --- Antropological linguistics --- Austronesian languages --- Linguistics --- Anthropology
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