Elevative Deixis in Wano Exploring Human Social Cognition in Grammar  

作　　者：Willem Burung 

机构地区：[1]University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2015年第8期634-642,共9页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Wano, spoken by about 7,000 native speakers, is a Papuan language of Trans-New Guinea Phylum, Dani-Kwerba Stock, which is found in the interior of Papua of the regency of Puncak Jaya. The language is closely related to Dani, Walak, and Nggem. It is an SOV language typology that has a complex morphological system. Four spatial dimensions are morphosyntactically coded in elevative deixis, which are steepness/non-steepness distinction, proximity/distality distinction, adverbial/attributive expressions, and vertical/horizontal plane. This paper discusses the grammatical operation of a set of two-term system： ei ＂up＂ and ou ＂down＂ that serves as the basic forms for the elevational deixis in Wano.

关 键 词：Wano elevative deixis steepness/non-steepness proximity/distality adverbial/attributive vertical/horizontal 

分 类 号：TP312[自动化与计算机技术—计算机软件与理论] S681.1[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]